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...society is moving. On the strength of it, Latham asked Tanner to serve as spokesman for community relationships as well. Labor's mentoring proposals are only the first of what could be many Tanner-inspired measures. Tanner says non-material issues, such as relationships, leisure and community bonds will grow in prominence. "The old politics of electoral bribes and pandering to special interests will steadily decline as the dividend it delivers, already fading, will fade even more." It doesn't feel that way in this election campaign, but Tanner may once again be a few steps ahead of the pack...
Predicting just how strong a hurricane will grow, however, remains more art than science, which is why my seatmate, NOAA scientist Joe Cione, has been seeding the Gulf with devices known as AXBTs (airborne expendable bathythermo- graphs), which measure the temperature of the water column. The chief weakness of hurricane- intensity forecasts, Cione believes, is the lack of information about the state of the ocean as a storm churns through. Warm water, after all, provides the fuel that supplies a hurricane with energy, and in Ivan's case, Cione is surprised to find that the water in this region...
...asked to settle for those options that can please half the voters or, at least, five out of nine Supreme Court Justices. That rankles our American souls. We should be satisfied! We should be catered to! We specifically asked for the vinaigrette on the side! And so the losers grow more aggrieved in defeat and the winners less generous in victory. What is it, after all, that most aggravates Democrats about President Bush? That he campaigned as a centrist but led from the right; he lost the popular vote but governed as though he had won in a landslide...
...play retains some of the more annoying aspects of the original. It gets tedious making sure your Sims eat breakfast and use the toilet. I'd rather watch them stargaze or hone their operating skills on the new surgical dummy. And while it's realistic to have the Sims grow old and die, as they now do, that's no fun either. But maybe that's the idea: in The Sims 2, you can live out your wildest fantasies, but you still have to pay the bills--and meet the Grim Reaper...
...there absolute dressing rules for women over 50? One of the real don'ts is showing too much skin. Upper arms and thighs show age, so as you grow older, you have to wear less-bare clothes. That doesn't mean you can't wear lightweight, see-through clothes. A little mystery, a little disguise help a lot. But it depends on how well you take care of your body. It's a matter of looking after yourself--exercising, dieting...