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...here are this year's piste-side thoughts. We live in an uncertain world. Well, duh, you say, when has the world ever been certain? Fair enough: but the half-generation since the end of the cold war was shaped by a set of circumstances that did at least lend themselves to easy characterization. That is to say: the U.S. was dominant. The U.S. economy was the most productive and innovative in the world, while U.S. political and military power was such that whatever Washington wanted - once it had made up its mind to want something, which could take time...
...Sections. Do not participate unless you have perfected your speech along the lines of (1). Remember that in section, anything and everything under discussion can in fact lend itself to parallels with critical theory, Nietzsche, or Foucaultian deconstructionism; remind those around you of this regularly...
SPAIN After the sweater's global debut at a Jan. 4 meeting with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, a horrified Spanish columnist asked, "Is there no one who might lend Mr. Morales a dark suit...
...King with a more nuanced position: "A memoir is a subjective retelling of events," he said. "It's an individual's perception of what happened in their own life; this is my recollection of my life." Oprah, in her inimitable semi-divine fashion, called in to the show to lend her carefully phrased support: "The underlying message of redemption in James Frey's memoir still resonates with me, and I know it resonates with millions of people who read this book...
...charitainment became a bona fide TV genre. Joining the ABC do-gooder hit Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Oprah's giveaways and crusades was Three Wishes, in which Christian-rock singer Amy Grant bestows largesse on needy people every week. Time was, the occasional celebrity like Audrey Hepburn would lend her profile to a cause. But Grant and Makeover's Ty Pennington are a distinct kind of charitainment star, celebrities whose good deeds are their chief claim to fame. Their shows aim not just to solve personal problems (help autistic kids, build a school library) but also to salve...