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...Hughes' surprise departure sparked a Washington rarity: no one questioned the reason she gave for leaving. When a person says she wants to give up a powerful job to spend more time with her family, it is usually a laugh line. Few do so voluntarily, but Hughes' explanation rang true for reporters who had watched her try to tutor her son Robert, now 15, in algebra on the campaign plane or had tracked her down by cell phone in the bleachers at one of his baseball games. It was clear that the former Army brat was never comfortable with having...
...dusty plain. Coalition spokesman Major Bryan Hilferty numbers the days since Sept. 11, 2001, reminds reporters of the death toll and describes a victim. Last Friday, it was Michael Hannan, 34, of Lynbrook, N.Y., who, Hilferty said, "knew how to put people at ease and how to make them laugh. His daughters Rachel, 5, Alexandra, 22 months, and wife Andrea are left only with memories." Fifteen minutes later, Hilferty wrapped up the session with the two sentences that close every briefing: "The hunt continues. The war in Afghanistan is not over...
...great,” says Lawler. In order to prepare for the role, Carol shorted herself on food and sleep, dyed her hair and read several books on the psychology of losing a child. “For free, too,” adds Lawler with a laugh...
There are times, of course, when I wouldn’t trade my duality for anything. I love being able to follow—and I mean seriously follow—cricket and baseball, football and, well, football. I love being able to laugh at my friends in England who get hit movies four months after they open in Boston. And, yes, it’s great to be able to grab a few pints of beer without having to show identification. (Conversely, it is also great to have the option here of not boozing every day, when such temperance...
...THURSDAY, DAY 6: The newspaper, which I don't usually read, is incredibly gripping. I laugh out loud at a rip-roaring tale about chandeliers in the New York Times' House & Home section and nearly cry over one about multi-genitaled frogs...