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...being exposed to sex and violence. (Why didn't W. praise Tipper? It woulda been a home run and preempted Al.) His praise of McCain was a good riff. And so was Bush's riff about more civility on Washington. The ideal candidate would have found a way to fuse both messages...
Lieberman has a chance to fuse these diverse strains and overcome Americans' preconceived ideas about Jews, especially Orthodox Jews. Ironically, those preconceived notions may be strongest among the same liberal ethnic Jews who are themselves so well-represented. The day after the announcement, I asked a Jewish friend what his mother thought of the choice. She was pleased, he said, but wary, because she considers Orthodox Judaism "essentially a cult." Even more open-minded ethnic Jews might feel alienated by Lieberman's strongly religious language and values. He may encounter that kind of skepticism next week in Los Angeles, where...
VISOR DISPLAY A visor display with night-vision sensors that fuse various levels of infrared with image intensification, as well as Combat ID, will help tell friend from...
...fans, including many of his former and current players, insist that while Knight may be a maverick with a short fuse, he's also an incredible coach who demands the best from his team and pushes them to succeed academically. And the numbers support those claims: Knight's teams have won three national championships and his players have one of the highest rates of graduation among Division One programs. It's the stories behind the numbers that make people nervous. He's been cited at least a dozen times during his career at Indiana for violent and/or threatening behavior toward...
Here's some news that may send you back to that hated yoga class for some intensive deep breathing exercises. According to a study published Monday in Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association, those among us who have what is diplomatically referred to as "a short fuse" are three times more likely to have a heart attack than are our more placid peers. And this isn't true only for rage that's combined with a pack-a-day smoking habit or a penchant for pastries, as the researchers were quick to point out. Even when other heart...