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...reaches for the door, Republicans are already eulogizing a man who lent a passionate voice to his causes. Across the aisle, congressional Democrats are plotting to replace a man who took great delight in complicating their years in power - and who, when it came his turn, exercised...
...relatively straightforward. The sputum of a lung-cancer patient, on the other hand, is much more diverse; less than 1% of its DNA is traceable to cancer. Clearly, other genetic clues will have to be developed, and Sidransky is already tracking down several of them. The challenge, to his delight, never ends...
...Chinese simply desired mementos of their encounters with a Westerner, I’d brush it off as curiosity about the unknown and delight in having met it. As it is, the practice only adds to the unsettling feeling that I represent everything against which China has spent much of its modern history waging both military and ideological wars. And this country is welcoming me, perhaps at the expense of its own people...
...Another local delight is the khao man kai, succulent boned chicken with savory rice and a peppery chicken broth, prepared at the no-name restaurant next to the 7-Eleven on Charoen Krung between sois 63 and 65. Adding extra grated ginger to the nam chim dipping sauce transforms this Thai version of mom's chicken soup into true food for the soul. (Open 5 p.m. through 1 a.m., prices at around...
...take a walk or a Saturday drive with Eudora was to have the world narrated to you, recalibrated and transformed into language that was surprising, sometimes shocking, always sympathetic, frequently hilarious, and full of perception, wonder and delight. To know Eudora Welty was to experience the best of life on an exquisitely human scale, and to be reminded again where the seeds of greatness are sown...