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...more armed federal marshals aboard flights. They?ll be in plainclothes, of course, and Bush wasn?t about to give specific numbers. But "Americans will know there?s more of ?em. Crews will know there?s more of ?em. And terrorists will know there?s more of ?em...
...What do you mean, you can't? Of course you can!'" Dylan talks like he sings, in that ancient lilting rasp, stressing unexpected syllables, mesmerizing with folky cadences, loping along somewhere between conversation and caterwauling. All the compositions on Love and Theft are autobiographical, he says. "Yeah, all of 'em. Every single one, every line. It's completely autobiographical, as most of my stuff usually is on one level or another...
Maybe you don't buy the off-court turnaround, but it's hard not to pull for a guy who is an underdog every time he laces 'em up. Iverson spends his nights jackknifing to the hoop, a tiny salmon challenging grizzlies twice his weight. By season's end, he looks like a man made of adhesive tape. Yet he won't miss games and hates resting so much that coach Brown knows, even in a blowout, it's easier just to leave the kid in. The rest of the NBA wishes he would show a little mercy...
Hauerwas is happy to say that his rise to prominence is not the result of any special intellectual gift. He has always said that he is no smarter than other people but that he will "damn well outwork 'em." Salty in speech, given to joking about the "ontological superiority of being a Texan," he has written 25 books and hundreds of essays and articles on dozens of topics. Avoiding highly technical monographs, Hauerwas insists that the best theology is most often found in sermons, homilies, prayers and popular writing. The theologian who is faithful must engage the pressing issues...
...adaptation of Therese Raquin, Emile Zola's novel of adultery and murder, transplanted from 19th century Paris to post-World War II New Orleans, the musician's hometown. The lure for Stroman? Well, it's hard to resist a chance to achieve a theatrical grand slam: four (count 'em) hits on Broadway running simultaneously. (Along with The Producers, the others are her dance musical Contact and the revival of The Music Man.) She's assembled a solid cast, including Craig Bierko (The Music Man), Kate Levering (42nd Street) and Debra Monk (this summer's Seagull in Central Park). Thou Shalt...