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...were sailing on the Charles, so it was conditions we’re used to seeing in practice, which probably gave us somewhat of a local advantage,” Lambert said. “The rain just meant that we had to wear more clothing and be wet—it didn’t really affect sailing too much...
...harassed her in any serious way or that it contributed to her discomfort. Surely, those updating The Voice’s blog or tweeting during the game were not the first to fawn over the actress, who would turn heads from Los Angeles to Dubai. Their actions were harmless, meant in an unfortunately misunderstood satirical manner, and were devoid of the mean-spirited motives that often define celebrity journalism...
During 79 sessions taped between 1993 and 2001, President Bill Clinton and Pulitzer Prize--winning historian Taylor Branch recorded a secret and "unique, verbatim record" of Clinton's presidency, meant to serve posterity. At the end of each conversation, Branch would hand over his cassettes to Clinton--and then record his observations and recollections after leaving the White House. This book is the fruit of that second set of tapes, and it's by turns intimate and dispassionately historical. With its chronological account of Clinton's then contemporaneous comments on the Middle East peace process, his Republican opponents and just...
...career at Harvard so far,” Rogers said. “It’s hard to even describe. That was the first goal of that kind that I’ve scored—it felt really good because I knew how much this game meant...
...svelte model with perfect skin, for example, is likely to make you want to eat high-fiber cereal more than a model with visible imperfections. Perhaps, says Boyer, but she believes that passing enhanced imagery off as the real thing is misleading. Her proposed legislation would require doctored photos meant for public distribution to carry the warning "Photograph retouched to modify the physical appearance of a person." Anyone violating the rule could be fined about $55,000. Since she presented her draft to parliamentary committees in September, Boyer has been joined by more than 50 other legislators who want...