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...Bush, big-time college football is as easy as two-hand touch. Last Saturday night he won the Heisman Trophy, by the second widest margin ever, after a dominant year as a runner, receiver and kick returner. Bush averaged a nation-high 8.9 yds. per carry and capped off the regular season in stunning fashion, tallying 513 all-purpose yards in a 50-42 win over Fresno State and 260 rushing yards in a 66-19 romp over crosstown rival UCLA...
...EXCELLENCY: GEORGE WASHINGTON JOSEPH J. ELLIS He didn't actually have wooden teeth, and in his first military command--at age 22--he presided over a bloody disaster that helped kick off the French and Indian War. Handsome, burly, charismatic and enigmatic, Washington turns out to be nothing like the frozen, overfamiliar face on the dollar bill, and his life, which was in many ways a charmed one, makes for an engrossing and revelatory read...
...tariffs weren't enough for the likes of the U.S., Australia and Brazil. Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson wanted to go further, but Paris made it clear that if he promised too much on agriculture, France would veto a final wto agreement. Mandelson had hoped his offers on agriculture would kick-start negotiations on trade in services and industrial tariffs, but the talks barely moved. European farm protection was once again seen as the biggest global obstacle to free and fair trade, and the E.U.'s claims to leadership in the wto sounded hollow. So is there any chance that...
...allegory! I’m referring here of course to the weekend’s blockbuster—the first installment in the non-awaited film adaptations of “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Kids will be screaming for the mighty Lion Aslan (Christ) to kick some evil witch (Satan/Woman/Jew) butt! For in Narnia, it will be always be winter, but never Christmas. Hopefully the Pevensie children will be victorious, because Baby Jesus’s birthday is in less than three weeks and I plan on celebrating! So with this weekend to whet your appetites...
Others see them as pushing into the future with their progressive, genre-bending work. Who is right? Maybe they just want to kick out some good jams...