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...From a family of Puritan farmers, Adams was honest and solid, but he could be argumentative, vain and despairing. In John Adams (Simon & Schuster; 751 pages; $35), McCullough does not try to exalt him. Instead he shows how Adams' ability to be sensible and independent made him an important element in the firmament of talents that created a new nation...
Since her arrival, Phelan has transformed VES from the “parochial,” insular, and (at best) peripheral element in the University it was at the time of the report to what is now nationally recognized as an exceptional, vibrant hub of artistic and intellectual activity centered on undergraduates and committed to their needs...
...Worried about finding a way to keep your youngster busy this summer? Concerned that another job at the mall will expose your child to a rough element? The Bush administration has the answer in a regime that will build character, strengthen the adolescent back and help America climb out of its crippling energy crisis. As the Vice President pointed out in his 170 page report of the National Energy Policy Development Group, America's appetite for coal, oil and nuclear power will require production of a new power plant each week for the next 20 years. That means we need...
...astonish; he reassured. He was not on the edge; he created a new middle, which always should have existed but didn't until he eased into it. Imagine that, far into the history of food - say, around 1930 - someone had come up with the potato. That was the eureka element to Crosby's relaxed style. He was Everyman singing in the shower, or Everyman as he thought he sounded there. If it is a considerable achievement to rebel against the prevailing standard, surely it is a greater one to create that standard. Bing didn't break the mold; he made...
...names, raise a critical eyebrow at the showmanship and secretly wish for stumbles. Last year, in the midst of Millionaire hype, Disney launched a PC game version of its hit network game show and trotted out Regis to promote it. But he was way out of his element. Rather than stop the show, he was swallowed up in it, obscured by all the sturm und drang of post-televisual entertainment...