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...scrutiny. All is bared: his torturous conception of love, his conflicted feelings about his low class origins, his insatiable desire to learn. Cogito, ergo sum: And so from Day’s thoughts, a human being is born. Profoundly violent (apparently his sole solution to interpersonal disputes is his fist), he is also profoundly sensitive and reflective. And, while hesitant to admit it, Day is intellectual. Day is full of self-loathing, at times even half-hoping to die: “Human beings, we’re the worst stink in the world, like a disease...
...Jean-Pierre Jouyet, the Secretary of State for European Affairs, told reporters that the Elysée "shouldn't substitute itself for the government." The growing chorus of criticism reaching into his own government became too much for Sarkozy, who used Wednesday's weekly cabinet meeting to "Bang His Fist On the Table", as the daily Le Figaro headlined...
...frustratingly vocal opponent.Clayton and Omodele-Lucien each finished their matches with 10-point supertiebreakers after splitting their first two sets. Omodele-Lucien—who looked to be out of contention down after losing the first set 6-3—sprang back to life with fist-pumping vigor, winning the second set 6-4 and then taking the supertiebreaker, 10-8. Clayton, after winning the first set 6-4, seemed ready to win the match, up a break at 4-3 in the second, but was broken back and eventually lost...
...little other security around the vehicle. There was no mad rush, no wailing or rending of garments, just a quick escort into the area where VIPs and family members were waiting. For such a historic moment, the feeling was subdued - less sadness than respect. "Suharto ruled with an iron fist but he also managed to create a mystique and aura around him," says Sujiwo Tejo, a well-known Javanese playwright and musician who made the trip to Karanganyar. Tejo admitted he was one of many who wanted to get one last look at the aging autocrat who had rarely been...
...stage the night he conceded the New Hampshire primary, Barack Obama looked exhausted. Closing his eyes for a moment, he leaned back on his wife, Michelle, who encircled his waist with one arm, giving him a squeeze, while pumping her other fist in the air, as if in victory. If anything, Michelle looked, in the words of her husband's campaign slogan, "fired up" and "ready...