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...story. Whether he is amusing listeners nationwide over National Public Radio or entrancing readers in his written stories, Keillor and his unique sense of humor remain a staple part of American life in many homes. His latest novel, Wobegon Boy, follows in Keillor's beloved tradition of nostalgic Midwestern humor that tries to pine for the days of long ago, without becoming too preachy. The novel is a virtual gallery of detailed portraits on how modern life can be disconcerting, and even shocking, to the good old people of Lake Wobegon...
Surprisingly, it wasn't until Bobbi entered the hospital that word of her remarkable pregnancy became public, though it had been an open secret in and around Carlisle for months. That may seem incredible for anyone who hasn't experienced the close-knit solidarity of a small Midwestern town. But while Bobbi's condition was discussed freely in Carlisle, the McCaugheys' neighbors quietly agreed that word shouldn't leak to outsiders. Says Kay Scholl, who runs Carlisle Foods with her husband: "Nobody asked us personally to keep it a secret, but it was known that this was the family...
...Thanksgiving during elementary school, I would come home from New York's Thanksgiving Day Parade and watch football, imaging content Middle-Americans watching the game while preparing for enormous family dinners in houses with backyards on tree-lined suburban streets. In short, I wanted to be Alex Keaton, the Midwestern, capitalist, conservative, all-American teenager portrayed perfectly by Michael J. Fox (a Canadian, incidentally) on "Family Ties...
...about his wrists. It's a look that suggests sartorial detente between Garth Brooks and Austin Powers. Which, when you think about it--if, like me, it's your job to think about it--is pretty much where Pitt would fall on the spectrum of masculine iconography, his fidgety Midwestern guyness touched with just a hint of dandified self-regard. This isn't always the case with stars, but the charisma that works for him on screen is readily apparent in person too. It's that smile, the one that detonates in quick stages across his face, starting with just...
Terrorists wreaked havoc on the World Trade Center in 1993. Could larger targets--the Wall Street financial network, Midwestern water supplies, California power grids--prove as susceptible? For almost a year, a presidential COMMISSION ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION has been quietly collecting intelligence reports and interviewing business executives and local officials to determine how vulnerable banks, telecommunications systems, utilities and transportation networks are to attacks from terrorists or cyberbandits...