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Men stray from domesticity and tend to die prematurely. Women are victimized by both of these predilections and devote their leftover lives to regrets, resentments and needlework.
That's pretty much the message of How to Make an American Quilt, as received by Finn (Winona Ryder), a graduate student who spends a small-town summer with her grandmother and aunt (Ellen Burstyn and Anne Bancroft), working on her thesis and getting her head together. As things work...
Like Prof. Mansfield, George Will's writings and teachings are also filled with inconsistencies. Instead of complaining about SOS, the staff should devote itself to exposing the fraudulent politics of this reactionary pair.
To sum up my political philosophy, I am a fiscal conservative with a social conscience. Neither of the two major parties, however, fits me comfortably in its present state. Granted, politics is the art of compromise, but for now I prefer not to compromise just so that I can say...
Right now, Nye is busy working 14-hour days and trekking around the world in his current capacity as U.S. assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. In a telephone interview from his office at the Pentagon, he says that the demands of his job--including three more trips...