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...more basically, McCain has managed to dig into the rich and unsettled lobe of the American psyche that, in the shadow of impeachment and in the arms of prosperity, wants nothing more from politics than for something good to happen. Some have called it a tide, but it's almost an ache, not so much about anything specific as about everything in general. When the voters finally spoke last week, they all but said they want the national conversation to be civil and square, not empty or jaded, and they want a leader who will explain what he wants...
...Italian. I lived in Florence this past summer, so I have sort of a weakness for the boutiques there. The shirt is Italian; the pants are not! The pants are Perry Ellis, I got them at a department store. The shoes are from Milan. No buckle! I don't dig on the buckle. The belt is from the Mercato San Lorenzo in Florence; you can get yourself one for 12 bucks. Of course you don't need to pick up these things abroad and you don't need to go to the fancy shops--you can window-shop...
...couple of days after the merger, Levin flew down to AOL's offices on one of the Time Warner jets for a meeting and a Case-led tour of the firm's network operations center. As Case walked Levin through the NORAD-like setup, he couldn't resist a dig. "How many simultaneous users did we have last night?" he shouted to one techie. "One point five million," came the answer. Case: "Hey, that beats CNN." Wink. Case explained to Levin how--and why--AOL's networks are built to be faster than regular Internet service providers...
...abstract thought in the past is often arid or withheld here, replaced by long drifts of spare and enigmatic statements or imperatives clothed in noble posturing. Yet when the poems do work (see particularly the title piece), Graham can still use language like a philosopher's spade to dig into experience--how we sense and think. These can be intoxicatingly deft moments, close to the ground of what it is to be alive...
...raise the cost of the Russian siege," says Meier. "And the Russian military is clearly undecided about how to proceed. Even though it may be politically dangerous to risk the heavy casualties of trying to take Grozny, Russia's generals won't be prepared to simply dig in and wait if they're losing scores of men every...