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...don’t like rating people. We didn’t believe any of them were like numbers. It??s just we have to do it,” said Eve. “But some people are a ten in the morning and a one in the evening, you know what I mean? Like, Jesus—we’re human, it changes...
...It??s not as if the position of social secretary boasts any historical import—Rogers’ predecessor Amy Zantzinger wasn’t exactly a household name, and comparable oblivion likely awaits Rogers’ successor, Julianna Smoot. Rogers may be the first black social secretary, but it??s probably safe to say that, with the election of the first black president, African American children can aspire to higher callings than arranging tea parties for the First Lady...
...It??s probably the biggest regatta of the spring,” Bock said. “We were expecting there to be a lot of good teams...
...wrong with “Volume Two;” Deschanel and Ward have produced a pretty, well-written record. But, as a second album, it could have gone a lot further. Their retro shtick works to an extent, but prevents them from reaching any musical or emotional heights. It??s light music at best, resolutely unwavering from its affect of bittersweet, upbeat melodies. She & Him’s vagueness ultimately fails to arouse any real feeling, leaving this album a disappointing failure...
...Checkpoints,” McPhee good-naturedly summarizes the unglamorous aspects of journalism: the deliberations about comma placement, the silly follow-up interviews, the tension between writer, editor, fact-checker and subject. It??s enough to deter many who, after the quiet delights of the preceding essays, might understandably wish to quit their day jobs and write for “The New Yorker.” But while it certainly obliterates any illusions that McPhee’s job is an easy one, it is also an affirmation of why his essays are worthwhile, both...