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...Victor Hugo?s famous set pieces - the Bishop?s Chris-tian grace, the trial that sends Valjean back to prison, his haggling with the inn-keeper to win Cosette?s freedom, the final confrontation with Javert and his last words to his adopted daughter - all are realized with an enthralling depth and immediacy. "Purely as a professional achievement, this is breathtaking," writes Simon Callow, in "Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu," a biography that contains the most detailed analysis I?ve found of the radio work. "Welles at twenty-two produced a show that could rival any by the most...
...book is the work of three formidable writers. Michael Thompson, a clinical psychologist, is co-author of the best-selling Raising Cain; Catherine O'Neill Grace is a former psychology columnist for the Washington Post; and Lawrence Cohen is a psychologist and the author of Playful Parenting. Their collaboration occasionally belabors points that most moms and dads already know. For example: "Children...silently sort themselves into popular, accepted and rejected categories." But it includes plenty of insights and case studies so that parents will come away with ideas they can use. A few key points...
...Begin with simple explanations: Some men grow a beard because they have the good grace to get sick of their own faces in the mirror. I've done that once or twice. I wanted a vacation from my face. Imagine how sick of your face you would be if, like Gore, you had to see it on every television screen and newspaper every day for years...
...Consider: The 2000 election ends. Gore concedes with great grace (nothing became him like the leaving); vanishes abruptly. Buzz, buzz - where's Al??Gore's gone, Gore's finished!...buzz, buzzz, buzzzz..... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
...before the King. Thaksin, however, romances the cameras, making himself more available than most Thai pols. Though he hasn't mastered the nuances of the medium?he can sometimes seem defensive when he feels he's not receiving the proper deference?he has taken to it with the easy grace of a natural. If Al Gore is a politician who burns too hot, whose nervousness and eagerness make those viewing him, on TV or in person, squirm with discomfort, then Thaksin is blessed with cool. It's almost a pleasure to watch...