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...greater miracle is, we believe it—and sometimes even cry when the mermaids come out. This is a pretty incredible feat, given how hard it is to be a self-important epic these days. We forgive Keanu Reeves when he babbles on about spoon-bending, fate, and being The One. Minus advanced digital kung-fu technology, however, the going is tough—at least in most blue states, and certainly among a generation reared on Mary-Kate-and-Ashley eye rolls and “SpongeBob SquarePants” absurdity. But even the hip 20-something...
...reigning stars in chick-lit, the popular wish-fulfillment novels now being written and marketed for young women. Her witty new book, The Undomestic Goddess (Dial), is the story of Samantha Sweeting, a BlackBerry-toting workaholic London lawyer on the verge of making partner in her prestigious firm. Fate intervenes, and Samantha suddenly finds herself a housekeeper with not a lick of domestic talent, hurtling into a new romance. We spoke with the author by phone in London, just before a second set of bombings hit the city Thursday...
...course, it will be hard to get Kim to undertake such reforms. The Romanian example undoubtedly weighs on him: Kim would certainly fear suffering the same bitter fate that Ceausescu experienced if he unleashes reforms he cannot control. That is why any effort to promote structural reform requires not just major carrots if Pyongyang cooperates, but sticks, particularly the credible threat of multilateral economic sanctions, if it does not. The status quo must be made unsustainable. Kim must be forced to choose cooperation or risk a confrontation that would impose an economic noose around his country's neck. He must...
...that the Church of England's portfolio is free of such sinful enterprises as pornography and gambling, he credits the recent high performance to a terrestrial treasure: real estate. "It is fortuitous that the portfolio is weighted more toward property than other comparable funds," Henderson says. A similar happy fate has helped turn around the balance sheet on the Holy See's some €200 million annual operating budget, which accounts for the Roman Curia, Vatican diplomatic missions and media outlets. With the sale of several palazzos in Italy and an overall appreciation in real estate value, the Vatican closed...
...speculation about Rove's fate and despite a failed attempt by Senate Democrats to have Rove's security clearance revoked, within the White House there was little sign of panic. "They think Karl is bulletproof," says a former Administration official who is familiar with the issue and the players. "They think, 'We won a second term. We control Congress.' They don't think Karl is in any real jeopardy...