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...began with a visit to the replica of Harry Elkins’s home reading room between the first and second floors. As I would cross the threshold of the marble antechamber, I breathed deeply that distinct change in smell, the sweetness evocative of aged pages, and felt the cooler, quieter atmosphere envelope me. In that life’s heart of the library, there the Gutenberg would light up before me, there Harry’s portrait hung above the fireplace, there his books remained lovingly preserved, there stood the vase of fresh flowers continually renewed...
...After weeks of intemperate rhetoric on both sides of the Pacific - on issues ranging from trade to the Dalai Lama to Taiwan - cooler heads in both Beijing and Washington now seem to be back in control. Barack Obama and Hu Jintao had an hour-long phone conversation last week, after which the Chinese President agreed to attend a nuclear summit in Washington. And on the volatile issue of trade, a grand bargain of sorts now appears to be taking shape: In return for delaying a decision on whether to list China as a "currency manipulator" - long a dream of protectionists...
...year--a development that is slowly but steadily raising global sea levels, and scientists worry that climate change could suddenly accelerate that vast melting. But the models indicate that ice loss should be happening on the western edge of the continent, where it is warmer, not in the much cooler east. No doubt there are complicated scientific reasons for this, but it pretty much boils down to what one researcher told a reporter: "There are some crazy things going down in Antarctica." It's a reminder that while the global-warming wars will continue, Earth has no obligation to stand...
Throughout the roast, Timberlake’s countenance ranged from inquietude to imperturbability. In the end, he told the audience he never felt more like a man and that the award was “cooler than any Grammy or Emmy or,” at which point the audience cut him off with applause...
Throughout the roast, Timberlake's countenance ranged from inquietude to imperturbability. In the end, he told the audience he never felt more like man and that the award was “cooler than any Grammy or Emmy or,” at which point the audience cut him off with applause...