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...city mayor must be all things to all people: traffic cop, fix-it man, novelist. Novelist? Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni has expanded his public duties to include exploring his private fantasies. No, not those fantasies. Veltroni is too smart and ambitious a public servant - he is often mentioned as a future Italian Prime Minister - to write anything racy. Still, his new book La Scoperta dell'Alba (Discovering the Dawn) has an intimate feel, following a 40-something's search for the cause of his father's disappearance during his childhood. "A mother can't abandon her child, but a father...
After dinner one recent night, family an friends were discussing their views on global warming. With clarity and wisdom beyond her 15 years, my daughter said, "Dad, I'm scared and angry. Your generation created this problem. What are you going to do to fix...
DIED. Glenn Ford, 90, nice-guy leading man who won consistent critical praise over a career that spanned a half-century and more than 80 films; in Los Angeles. Born in Canada to parents who insisted he learn to build and fix houses as a fallback, Ford epitomized decency and strength as the good guy in westerns, comedies and thrillers--including The Blackboard Jungle, as a teacher who inspires rebellious New York City kids; Pocketful of Miracles, with Bette Davis; and the noir classic The Big Heat, as a detective determined to track down his wife's killers...
...live in an age of instant gratification. The kids can't wait for their adrenaline fix, and the moguls can't wait to peddle it to them. What this gives us is violent entertainment for the young. What it deprives us of is mature entertainment for the mature...
...electronics like televisions and computers. Afterwards the refuge officials will burn off the wood and dead grasses. "Fire is our plow," LaBauve says. "I figure if they can rebuild Iraq, they can damn sure rebuild this refuge... There's no permanent scar here. There's nothing we can't fix...