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...resemblance to the teacher/stripper in Varsity Blues—it’s just the consequence of some childhood trauma that I’ve repressed. But what I can’t live with is not knowing what Sarah Palin thinks about dinosaurs.My concern probably would not have manifested itself had it not been vocalized by political pundit Matt Damon, who in an interview with Air America said, “I want to know if she thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago.” Upon hearing about the interview, I was first struck...
...does that ability manifest itself...
...side. “We’re recruiting from all over the country now and it’s going really well,” Graves said. “The next couple of years are going to be very exciting for us and should manifest itself in much, much improved results.” After six years, Graves is stepping down from his position for personal reasons and will not return next winter. Graves was a large contributor to the squad’s recent success and rebuilding, and his absence will unquestionably be missed, but the program...
...expert in Tibetan Buddhism and a longtime friend of the Dalai Lama's, says Dorje could indeed become the next "face" of his people. But he warns against pressuring the young monk into too much travel and teaching too soon. "He needs a period of practice and study to manifest his full strength," says Thurman. "When I met the Dalai Lama when he was 28, he did not have the level of charismatic power that he does now." Some of his followers worry, too, that the lure of the road might distract Dorje from his people in China and India...
...Optimists will hope that the junta in Burma will learn the lessons of Chernobyl and Mexico City, and realize that they cannot continue as they have before. Realists, sadly, will note how long Burma's rulers have defied the manifest will of their own people, and guess that they will hunker down again. It would be nice if the realists were to be proved wrong. Until then, those within Burma as well as those from afar who genuinely care about its prospects can do little but hope for better, cloudless, days to come...