Word: correctible
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...questions has a lot to do with when you were born. If you are over 35 or 40, you were probably raised to guard your privacy and hide your slipups. But reality TV, Web 2.0 and social networking have accustomed people to public performance. Karaoke shows, which reward correct lyrics, not proper pitch, fit the new American belief that lack of talent is no reason not to command an audience. The Singing Bee's slogan--"You don't have to sing it well, you just have to sing it right!"--would make a great national motto...
...dozen programmers who make this sprawling event the world's best 10-day movie binge. Europe may have those venerable showcases Cannes, Berlin and Venice, but the crazy intensity of Toronto - the too-much-of-a-muchness - makes it utterly American. Or, as Canadians would no doubt gently correct: utterly North American...
...which the correct answer would be: a modern one. The traditional, expected reserve of the British was a function of a system of authority put together in Victorian times by the sort of upper-middle-class men (not women) who dressed for dinner in the far reaches of the Empire to keep up appearances in front of the natives. They stressed the benefits of order, hierarchy, muscular Protestantism and good sportsmanship. Even in its Victorian heyday, of course, not many in Britain behaved in this way. The world's first mass working class, shuffling from factories to boozy music halls...
...Even if Hill is correct, Giuliani - like all Presidents - would need to be surrounded with the most qualified and competent advisers, particularly when it comes to overseeing homeland security. One of the most damning criticisms of Giuliani, however, has been his record of flawed judgment on personnel. In 2004, Giuliani recommended that President George W. Bush nominate Bernard Kerik to run the Department of Homeland Security. Kerik was a police officer and Giuliani's driver before he was elevated to corrections commissioner and police chief. But the nomination collapsed when information about Kerik's past and possible ties...
...most brazen (and belly-baring) of the kids, but even her plot to conquer Troy is asexual and preadolescent; she just wants him to complete the picture of herself as school diva. He's the Ken doll that completes the play set. (Whether he's anatomically correct is irrelevant...