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...such a proposal is not “But you’re married!” because the response will invariably be “But in our law, men can have two wives!”—to watching Nasser-era Egyptian films and skirting eager cab drivers, airports have offered me hours on hours of good...
...summer camps and Girl and Boy Scout troops are taking organized tours through establishments ranging from Sports Authority stores to Saturn dealerships to Krispy Kreme outlets. With school budgets squeezed in recent years, these free excursions are in some cases replacing trips to more traditional destinations. While companies are eager to polish their community image, critics say the real goal is to turn kids into brand-loyal consumers...
...tall-steeple pulpit? In the past, Andrews admits, she interviewed for two but got neither. Since her moderatorship, she has fielded feelers from four more but turned them down because of her current obligations. Moreover, she warns, "I'm very liberal. I'm very outspoken. I'm not eager to move." And the biggest churches, she says, require CEOs. "Am I a CEO kind of pastor? There are so many other things to consider beyond just climbing the ladder." Perhaps, she suggests, tall-steeplehood is a particularly male way of measuring female progress. "We're often happier in middle...
...unseating of House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Now the gloves may come off. One DeLay ally has threatened to file retaliatory complaints against Democrats, though DeLay told reporters, "I do not encourage anyone to file complaints." Democratic leaders, who claim they had no role in Bell's action, also were eager to keep the conflict contained. Meanwhile, G.O.P. Representative Ray LaHood of Illinois says he will try to attach an amendment to a funding bill that would retroactively prohibit Bell or any other departing House member from filing an ethics complaint. Says LaHood: "I don't think we should be allowing...
...move done at "warp speed," as one senior administration official put it? The official line here at the NATO summit is that the Iraqis are eager to get going. "It improves his hand," says a senior administration official, referring to Allawi. But there's more than that. Allawi has been saying that he wants martial law. Now that he has his own government, he has the political cover to do it in a way he couldn't before. Now it will be his martial law, if he proceeds, not the Americans'. Of course, it'll be kids from Watts...