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...platform at its economic conference in August, but it didn't work, in part because Evans' office is not a natural place from which to drive economic policy. What would give him sway among elites, Wall Street and the media is the one thing Evans will not leverage: his friendship with the President. On the phone with Bush as many as three times a day, the longtime pal from the Midland, Texas, years has enormous influence. "He's just not forceful about taking this role," says a senior White House aide. Recently he helped convince Bush that the political timing...
...divided the players. While India and Pakistan were trading verbal missiles at the United Nations assembly in New York earlier this month, the two countries' most popular public figures?India's Sachin Tendulkar, arguably the world's greatest cricketer, and Pakistani captain Waqar Younis?were rekindling an old friendship in the lobby of the teams' hotel in Colombo. "They are the best of friends," says Indian team manager K.M. Ramprasad. "Cricket unites them. It makes them see each other as human beings...
...What she did had everything to do with her friendship and relationship with Randy Gomes,” he said. “When she saw his life spiraling downward she came to his aid…it was an effort to help Randy, initially. That’s what started this larcenous behavior...
...call this thing a book is something of a stretch. The pages are not numbered; I counted a mere 60. Better just to call it a masterpiece. With remarkable power and economy, Address Unknown (Souvenir Press) recounts the breakup of a friendship between a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco and his German business partner after the latter returns to Germany in 1932. Author Kressmann Taylor tells the story solely through their letters, which saves a lot of space on plot, dialogue and description. Yet the letters carry considerable freight. "Back in Germany! How I envy you," enthuses Max Eisenstein...
...flaunt their strength. One of my students doesn’t understand that sports aren’t everything—that physical strength can only take you so far. And dress—brands, labels, fit, color—become a matter of worry or consuming pride, a friendship maker or breaker...