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...Italian Civil Protection Agency sent out text messages advising people when the line would be closed, though warnings of a 15-hour wait did not seem to discourage people. Some brought a book and read the whole thing. When night fell, the basilica glimmered, and still they came, intent on seeing him one last time. No longer the frail, folded figure in the window, he was a prince in red slippers, tall and straight and strong again. His face showed signs of peace and pain; the peace that has come to him, the pain he leaves behind. As many...
...still aren't convinced. After debating a house-party ordinance last month, they voted unanimously to send it back to the subcommittee to be rewritten to give greater recognition to parental authority. Joel Urice, a council member, calls the proposed ordinance "Orwellian" and says that while the town's intent is to stop binge drinking and unsupervised house parties, "this doesn't get at the problem. Instead, it usurps parents' rights to raise and manage children in the way they see fit in their own home." He mentions, for example, that if a teenager visits a grandparent and wants...
...charming as such anecdotes are, they leave the reader unsatisfied. It seems that Chandler was so intent on staying in the good graces of her interviewees that she never contradicts them or pushes them further than they wished. For example, Hedren’s daughter, actress Melanie Griffith, describes Hitchcock as “a motherfucker” because of how he treated Hedren. Chandler quotes the line, gold to any reporter, but never explores why it was said...
Princess Ida tells of a women’s school in the Castle Adamant, which teaches philosophy, science, and the vagaries of men. Princess Ida, who is betrothed to Prince Hilarion contrary to her wishes, is president of the university. Prince Hilarion, intent on marring her, goes to the castle with a few friends to try to win her over...
...Triumph's chronology may have been off - George W. Bush invaded Iraq two years ago - but the pooch's sarcasm was on target. If Air America's ultimate intent was to end war and change administrations - and it was - the network failed. AAR was founded and funded by liberals who saw the need for a liberal alternative in a wildly energized political season when arguing over Bush and his policies had become the national pastime. The network's founders had three dreams (not necessarily in this order): 1. provide talk radio with a countervailing force to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity...