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...reading Wodehouse. When I begin to crack under the strain of insinuating political commercials, I intend simply to pass over for a little while into the innocent alternate universe of Bingo's dilemmas as he falls idiotically in love with a tea shop waitress, or a Bolshevik maiden, and applies to Bertie (meaning, of course, Jeeves) to help him sort...
...wasn't any one note Joe Lieberman struck that set the separation-of-church-and-state watchdogs growling. It was the whole sacred symphony. Sure, he began his maiden speech last month with a prayer and some Scripture, but no one wanted to pounce the moment the first Jewish national candidate mentioned God. That was before he cited George Washington's admonition last week to never suppose that "morality can be maintained without religion"--as if agnostics, atheists and secular humanists are by definition immoral--and called for the nation to renew its dedication to "God and God's purpose...
...traditional vows. And although the average bride today is older and more financially independent than in any previous generation, 98% of women are happy to take their husband's name. Just 10 years ago, similar surveys found that only 87% of brides-to-be planned to give up their maiden name...
...balloon. In 1988 an engineer named Klaus Hagenlocher began poring through the Zeppelin archives and persuaded the company's CEO, Friedrichshafen Mayor Bernd Wiedmann, to resurrect the airship. In 1993 a new company was formed to create a prototype, the LZ No. 7, which Danneker piloted on its maiden flight in 1997. Its construction was funded by a foundation set up by companies that came into existence as parts suppliers in Zeppelin's heyday, and their motives sometimes seem more sentimental than business driven. Thus far, only one airship has been built, and another is under construction, with contracts...
...Radcliffe maiden has in general two sources of information: her own imagination, and her date's. Neither one of these agencies seems to be very reliable," they concluded...