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...feel the same thing about working in the political arena. Nobody has to come up with more money or basically give a damn about people who are in dire straits or suffering. And yet I believe in the goodness of people to the extent that if you can present your case properly, they will respond, that people are at heart compassionate and will respond. What you have to do, I think, is remove the fear in them. The fear that they might be making a mistake. They don't want to make mistakes. They don't want to come...
...stretcher, attempting to prevent further injury to his spine. He was taken to the Culpeper Medical Center, a small medical facility that was nearly empty that weekend. Dana and Will, his three-year-old son who was along for the trip, were summoned, Dana not yet informed of the extent of the injury, Will not understanding what had happened except that something was terribly wrong. Doctors at Culpeper gave Reeve methylprednisolone (MP), a synthetic steroid that reduces the swelling of the spine and must be administered within eight hours of an injury. That was all they could do at Culpeper...
...publisher explaining why he was ditching both the book and a $1.7 million advance, McGinniss said the trial "sapped my intellect, my physical strength and my confidence that I had made the right decision by agreeing to do the book in the first place. I could express the full extent of my indignation about this in a 600-word piece for the Op Ed page of the (New York) Times. It's not a book. There is no book. At least not one that I can write." Luckily for Simpson-watchers, not everyone feels the same. Still forthcoming are books...
Which is a shame, because Yglesias is a skillful, intelligent writer and the questions addressed in this novel have some real bite. To what extent are people responsible for their own behavior? Who is to assess their degree of guilt or innocence? And how is it possible to distinguish the healers from those who need healing...
...promised an exciting debut onto the mainstream musical scene (despite the obnoxiously long-winded title of their first hit single) with music that capitalized on Carpe-Diemesque philosophical appeals that have reverberated through the lines of rock for decades. They managed to save themselves from their lyrics to some extent with sound that is at least refreshing. They'll kill time while you're waiting in line for the phone, at any rate...