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...vying for the “Colbert bump,” which Mr. Colbert claims launched Governor Mike Huckabee to his meteoric fame. At the same time, nevertheless, the shows’ political guests often end up genuinely having fun (or being the object of it), and showing a lighter side to politics that will helpfully get Americans more civically active...
...people, he didn't set out to write about it. Instead, his first stab at fiction produced a dense, depressing investigation of child sex-trafficking in Asia, an issue Cotterill has also delved into as an NGO worker. That novel sold "about two copies," Cotterill says. He realized a lighter touch might prove more palatable to readers...
...hack trumpeted today, however, was How To Make A Laptop Stronger, Lighter and Cheaper By Carving It Out of A Block of Aluminum. This technological feat was pioneered on the earlier superlight MacBook Air and from this day forward (until we reach the Glass Singularity, I guess) will be standard fare on all Mac laptops. Jony Ive, design boss and Apple's second-most important man, explained: "Rather than start with a thin piece of aluminum and add multiple parts for structure, we start with a thick piece of aluminum." The frame, or "unibody" that results after much drilling, cutting...
...stage to add a table or a sash. While acting as the former governor of Texas, the late Ann Richards, Smith thanked the help when she put dinner on the table, integrating the stage hand in the performance to indicate Richards’ possession of servants. In a lighter moment, Smith, as English and aesthetics professor Elaine Scarry, plucked a piece of sage from grass surrounding the stage and handed it to an audience member to roll between her fingers and smell, asking, “Good, right?” At times, Smith assumed the position of the interviewer...
...lighter Lou is ideal for this Cub team, which is heavy with veterans like Lee, closer Kerry Wood and utilityman Mark DeRosa. "Lou doesn't need to tell them how to do their business," says Cubs general manager Jim Hendry. Seasoned players tune out fire and brimstone. "He's the perfect manager for that ballclub right now," says Towers...