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...Iraqis, some 1.8 million, only made it as far as a neighboring country. They have flooded into Syria and Jordan. The 20,000 or so Iraqis who have fled to Sweden amount to a handful compared to the numbers in the Middle East. Yet Sweden provides perhaps the finest glimpse into how the war is driving the country's large middle class out of Iraq, devastating entire professions. It takes good connections and lots of money - $8,000 to $15,000 - to get to Stockholm from Baghdad, but now it is not just the élite who are willing...
...lines, steps, curves, parabolas, angles and elevations"). Defining his role as appreciative witness as opposed to stern judge, he and writer Nat Hentoff in 1957 put together TV's The Sound of Jazz, which showcased Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk and others in what are now deemed some of the finest performances in jazz history...
...team’s final possession. Harris’s last two points put Harvard up 65-64 with eight tenths of a second to play, giving the Crimson (10-10, 3-3) a thrilling home victory and its best win of the league season. Harris had perhaps the finest game of his career to date. On a night when the rest of the team uncharacteristically struggled shooting the ball, Harris converted 7-of-11 from the floor and 4-of-5 from the free-throw line. He also flooded the box score by adding three assists, two blocks...
Removing hair from unmentionable parts of ladies in Westchester County is how my friend Jerry spends a good part of his week. Not that there's anything wrong with that, except Jerry (not his real name) is a cardiologist, trained at one of the finest medical programs in the country. Trained to save lives. His expertise is the complex and delicate management of congestive heart failure, but he gets paid a lot more to do a laser Brazilian...
...fastest final quarter miles in Derby history--won the Roses by nearly seven lengths, the longest Derby victory margin in 60 years. I had witnessed every Derby but one since 1972, and Barbaro struck me--for his sheer athleticism, his explosive speed, his unbridled joy for running--as the finest 3-year-old I had seen since Spectacular Bid in 1979. Vast ability aside, he had all the extras: a classic pedigree, a gentlemanly demeanor and a body that could be by da Vinci. Two weeks later, he shattered his right hind leg in the Preakness. Barbaro may have hobbled...