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...prove any of this was politically motivated? Of course not. But that's the magic of the terror-alert song and dance. There's no way to know. All the key facts are veiled in secrecy, as they must be. So it's impossible to know from the outside whether it's on the level or not. But with another election looming, it seems we're about to get a bunch of new chances to wonder...
Famed British explorer Freya Stark once wrote: "There are not so many places left where magic reigns without interruption, and of all those I know, the coast of Lycia was the most magical." Capture that[an error occurred while processing this directive] charm - and follow the same path that Alexander the Great once traveled - by walking Turkey's first long-distance trail across an almost virgin stretch of Mediterranean coastline, tracing ruins from the Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Persian civilizations. The 510-km Lycian Way, which runs from the sleepy coastal town of Fethiye to the bustling port city...
Thank you for the article "The Magic of the Family Meal" [June 12]. I never dined with my family as a child, but even though it sounds corny, I loved going over to my friends' houses for what I called the "please-pass-the-potatoes meal." I grew up with a single mother who was in graduate school, and eating together was not always an option. Now I make dinner a special time for my family to share and discuss the day's events...
...Shinobi is a Romeo-and-Juliet martial-arts film, much influenced by the Chinese hits Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. But the emphasis here is on spooky visual effects. One black-clad warrior has inky tentacles slithering out of his long sleeves, with stringy hair to match. Magic makes the forest?s leaves swarm like hornets around an adversary. Worms swarm in the blood of a chest wound. Our heroine cries tears of blood, and in one battle our hero kills 26 ninjas, the carnage backlit by a CGIgantic moon. I saw the movie without subtitles, but that didn...
...went in and said hello to Rosa. We talked as I examined her. What a change! Well-dressed with her hair pulled back tight and carrying a small brief, Rosa had gotten a job. She spoke English decently. She had gotten her kids into a Catholic school. Some magic combination of seeking out a 'better life for my kids' and Welfare reform had helped her make it - though barely. I tried to show off some improved Spanish while explaining the wrist problem. "Give it up doc" was her response. "Just tell me what is the problem and what...