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We are still vulnerable to the vagaries of nature. We can fly into space for recreation, but we cannot bring our immediate environment under complete control. Still, the tremendous expression of kindness and sympathy for the victims is encouraging. Perhaps the tsunami disaster is a blessing in disguise. The outpouring...
A Time to Heal I was heartened to find that in my home country, the Netherlands, a small nation of only 16 million people, more than $145 million was collected in private donations for victims of the tsunami disaster [Jan. 17]. That is in addition to the $300 million in...
Heading into the world championships under way in Bormio, Italy, Miller ranked first in the overall World Cup standings, piling up an impressive lead over Austrians Benny Raich and Hermann Maier. At the worlds, Miller has brightened his stardom in typical falling-off-the-planet fashion. During the super-G...
It's a cliche, of course, but the State of the Union address is notorious for being a committee-written document, a tedious laundry list interspersed with fulsome praise for the American spirit and God. But if the speech had some of that feel, it was also pure Bush, as...
The old English expression is, properly, "to the manor born" - implying a natural inherited talent for the particular accomplishment under discussion. It is most frequently employed to connote social grace or charm.