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...where he was re-creating my upbringing (or my fictional version of it), using people who were much better looking than I remembered. Lou Taylor Pucci, who plays Justin (the character I had modeled on myself), is shorter and darker-haired than I am, but his aura and manner were so weirdly familiar that I shivered when I shook his hand. I shivered again when Pucci winked at me and popped his right thumb into his mouth, performing the act without any of the embarrassment that still haunted me as a fortyish adult...
...folly and wastefulness of human enterprise. Further, Gray had the wit not to waste his routine in living rooms. He staged his chat -- just the speaker seated at his desk, a map behind him -- in theaters across the U.S. Now Director Jonathan Demme has filmed it in a manner matching Gray's; it is expert in an innocent- seeming...
...disgusting. The courageous Gaza settlers deserve kudos for resolutely staying on in the face of immense hostility. Those poor souls have paid for their right of abode with their families' lives, blood and honor. How can Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ignore their sacrifices in such a brutal manner? What is the point of the existence of the state of Israel when it displaces and harasses its own? Vivek Sharma Herrenberg, Germany The evacuation of Gaza settlers brings into focus a defining phenomenon of the Arab-Israeli conflict. In 30 years, the Israeli settlers built thriving agricultural enterprises on coastal...
...Stoltenberg provide that Bondevik can't? Stability, and the country's first majority government in at least two decades, according to Professor Frank Aarebrot from the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen. He argues that minority governments have to "maneuver in a kind of zigzag, slalom manner. The challengers promise a majority government and thus a stable budget situation. That appeals to the electorate." The 46-year-old Labor leader's good looks and convincing style also appeal to voters, particularly women and the young. "Stoltenberg has won all the debates he has taken part in," says...
...predecessors, Rehnquist was fair about assigning opinion writing and tried to tamp down office politics. "There's no one who doesn't like William Rehnquist," says the University of Virginia's Howard. "He really is someone who is easy to be around and has a very unpretentious and pleasant manner...