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...many of the people I had e-mailed were newbies--subscribers who had e-mailed me for help in connection with this column. Most of these folks were kind; only one asked me to remove her name from my address book. A guy from the Philippines, birthplace of the dread Love Bug virus, wrote, "It is quite ironic that I got a worm from...
...edge of a sofa, she comes across like a college professor (she taught economics at the Jesuit-run Ateneo University) who doesn't hesitate to grimace when she feels a question is wasting her time. Her Cabinet secretaries sometimes feel chastised for not having done their homework, and they dread it when she dismissively bangs their dossiers on their desks, her dark eyes flashing with disdain...
...know well how little others' warnings affected us (except, perhaps, to make us more defiant) and are doubtful about the impact of our own words. We also know, sadly, that alcohol addiction has a genetic component and runs in families, placing our children at special risk and mandating that dread discussion on the porch. If only the talk could be fobbed off on a doctor (a Mormon doctor, ideally) or someone else with the authority to speak. We former drinkers believe we have no moral authority--though unlike most parents, we know that we don't. We're walking worst...
...opening. The new play is a night story, a cautionary tale to tell the naive young before they drift to sleep dreaming of the perfect mate. It flicks references to other fables of sexual predation (Fatal Attraction, Play Misty for Me), while stirring a mood of increasing emotional dread. And at its heart is the notion that an artist-anyway, a novelist or playwright?is essentially a vampire, draining friends of their essence, refashioning and distorting them into fiction, creating artistic harmony through human betrayal...
...leadership style that emphasizes streamlined bureaucracy, efficient consultative processes and a moderated, collegial tone of public discourse. Being a popular dean is no easy task—the same faculty that seem to believe they have an inalienable right to be informed, consulted and included in decisions dread serving on faculty committees—but Knowles’ style has won him both friends and battles...