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...makes her point clear: there have been many examples of women who have earned the right to have their names alongside those of George Washington or Frederick Douglass. But at times, Ulrich’s awkward shift from a two-sentence summary of one woman to a brief mention of another woman diminishes the achievements of each; the reader has to transition so quickly from one story to the next that the details, while presented in full, are lost.Still, by discussing individuals who are too often absent from mainstream histories, Ulrich illuminates the many ways in which women outside...
...Grilling a General Joe Klein eloquently expressed his disgust over the General David Petraeus dog-and-pony show before Congress [Sept. 24]. But Klein failed to mention the real reason the Senators didn't press Petraeus for legitimate answers: the military-industrial complex that President Dwight Eisenhower warned us about is a sinister weave of self-interest involving the nation's corporate, military and political powerhouses. Ken Hicks Lincoln University...
...thing about it. One show at least managed to capture the tension: What were those seven seasons of The Sopranos about if not a man fighting to reconcile the tender pangs of a caring, new-style father with the old-school masculine ideals of violence and stoicism--not to mention the psychological damage wreaked on him by his own old-school father...
...tranquillity--as a way to get a vigorous workout. More than five times as many people take yoga classes at health clubs today as did a decade ago, and enthusiasts have devised all kinds of variations appalling to purists: hip-hop yoga, disco yoga, power yoga, not to mention controversial hot yoga, or Bikram, which incites people to push themselves to their limit in sweltering rooms in which temperatures are set at 105ºF (41ºC...
...surprisingly, the joint agreement also failed to make any mention of thorny issues such as the fate of both South Korean prisoners of war and abductees in North Korea. Perhaps Kim Jong Il will address those topics if he fulfills an earlier promise to visit the South's capital. But it's not likely...