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After nine months in London, I don't claim to be an expert on the city, but I know this: I have not bought a single item of clothing or spent so much as a penny on impulse purchases, and yet I'm considering asking Bono to sign me up for debt relief. Last week, a consulting firm announced that Tokyo was the most expensive city in the world for expats, with London No. 2. I demand a recount. I may not have sophisticated economic data to back me up, but I do have anecdotes. My friend Julian, a lawyer...
...Hosted by Harley Street midwife, acupuncturist and fertility expert Zita West (whose clients include Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett), the 7-night, 10-night and 14-night retreats promise to "help maximize fertility and restore the mind and body for conception." All programs include an hour-long private consultation with West as well as relevant spa, fitness and holistic treatments. Curious couples can find out more by browsing chivasom.com or zitawest.com...
...that may not be the worst of it. In his new book A Pretext for War, intelligence expert James Bamford alleges that the CIA not only failed to detect and deter the secret army of Muslim extremists gathering over the horizon in the late 1990s but also failed to take action when a group of Administration hard-liners, backed by the Pentagon chief and Vice President Dick Cheney, began to advance the case for war with Iraq in secret using data the CIA widely believed weren't supportable or were just plain false. Instead of fighting back, Bamford argues...
...where police procedurals walk viewers through an investigation--allowing them to pretend they're solving the case themselves--The Jury leads them each week through the nebulous process of argument, negotiation and judgment. As important as the facts are the jurors' biases and baggage. Evaluating an expert's testimony, one man grumbles, "My wife was diagnosed by three different experts. She died anyway." The same testimony can lead two well-intentioned people to opposite conclusions. It's 12 Angry Rasho...
These breezy B's, terrestrial siblings to the Buck Rogers serials, might not have been film literature, but they were the equivalent of expert speed typing. In them Reagan proved himself engaging, snappy, in command. When he figured no one was looking, he could be well worth watching...