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...Biennale is seldom about substance. Atman measures his worth by the invitations he receives to the best parties, forever suffering from "the fear that there were better parties you'd not been invited to, a higher tier of pleasure that was forbidden to you." I countered my own lack of invites by fleeing to such sanctuaries as Osteria alla Bifora, tel: (39-41) 523 6119, where Franco, the irascible and rotund proprietor, buffs and polishes a gleaming red 70-year-old meat slicer with the care most men would pay a Ferrari. Or there's Osteria ai 4 Feri...
...attention around the previously obscure drug has increased awareness of its dangers, there is also the chance it will raise curiosity among potential abusers. Dr. David Sack, chief executive officer of Promises rehabilitation facility in Malibu, Calif., says the drug presents inherent obstacles to mainstream appeal, including its lack of street availability and its need to be administered by a needle. While Hollywood's troubled abusers have yet to start showing up at his doors with propofol problems, he doesn't rule it out. "Whenever a drug gets attention like this in the media, people want to try it," says...
...reason Dick Cheney pushed for the pardon was that he was not the original leaker. That person, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, was not even mentioned in your article. No underlying national-security crime was committed by the accidental leak of Plame's name (as demonstrated by the lack of charges), and as such, Libby's perjury was ancillary to the investigation. Gregory Eschbacher, Fanwood...
...white hair slip into a pew for the noon Mass on Sundays. The former Speaker of the House is known for many things, but religious zeal is not one of them. In fact, the social conservatives who fueled his Republican revolution in 1994 often complained about Gingrich's lack of interest in issues like abortion or school prayer...
...expectations of both candidates' victories swell, some fear that heavy disappointment in Abdullah's strongholds may yield protests. While no one foresees the kind of unrest that followed the disputed Iranian election in June, each candidate's lack of an "organized mechanism" to cope with masses of angered, loosely knit partisans could allow the situation to boil over with time, says Haroun Mir, director of the Afghan Center for Research and Policy Studies. "If one group feels left out, it will create problems for everybody," Mir says. Indeed, Abdullah's campaign manager told an Abu Dhabi-based newspaper last month...