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...even more annoyed by Philadelphia's finest, who are dressed in their finest, who have lapel pins and plastic ear coils and who don't hold a candle to the Secret Service when it comes to politeness, tact and physical fitness. But I love the cops. I mean, they stood their ground this week when zany and stupid protestors tried to provoke them...
...same, it is a dramatic picture--almost a narrative, thanks to the cat making its move on the oysters--and Chardin's finest moments lay much more in the domain of stillness, where nothing "happens" at all. We know practically nothing of Chardin's character or emotional predilections, yet we can't help sensing that no artist could have been better equipped to paint still life. (Actually, he's not unlike the cat in his own seafood paintings, fastidiously stalking, with bright-eyed attention, something that cannot move but can go stale.) Everything comes to matter under his level scrutiny...
Your Mississippi River stories naturally call Mark Twain to mind. While he couldn't predict the future of the river, he was right on target about the future of politics in America. More than 100 years ago, he observed, "We have the finest Congress money can buy." Like the Mississippi, the more things change, the more they stay the same." SID ESTEROWITZ New York City...
...American reaction would be," says Uri Savir, one of the architects of the accords. "The reaction of Christopher would have an enormous impact on our region...Christopher turned to Ross and asked what he thought. Ross said it was a tremendous historical achievement. That was one of the finest moments of American diplomacy. There was no diplomatic ego involved...
...pastures, demonstrate his complete lack of compassion--a personality trait that does not attract the average voter. By constantly choosing the wrong path, Weld has descended from the pedestal of a brilliant politician to an overt parody of himself. Moving to New York and hobnobbing with the city's finest will not create worthwhile opportunities for him; rather, he should have preserved the exceptional intellect that now lies dormant...