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...Begin with simple explanations: Some men grow a beard because they have the good grace to get sick of their own faces in the mirror. I've done that once or twice. I wanted a vacation from my face. Imagine how sick of your face you would be if, like Gore, you had to see it on every television screen and newspaper every day for years...
...office in El Carmen Frontera, Guatemala, its passengers are in a foul mood. Home is El Salvador or Honduras or Nicaragua or Guatemala itself--all disaster plagued, crime-ridden, poorer by the minute and, as far as those on the bus are concerned, best seen in the rear-view mirror. They had hoped to travel through Mexico and cross its northern border to the promised land. Instead, they're riding the Deportation Express--no change of destination allowed. "We're not criminals!" yells Nelson Lucero Ruiz, 37, a carpenter from Santa Ana, El Salvador. Stone-faced, the khaki-shirted Mexican...
...fall along a multicultural divide. According to an AARP survey, white Americans are the least likely to care for their elders (19%), while Asians are the most likely to do so (42%). Blacks (28%) and Hispanics (34%) fall in the middle. Guilt feelings for not providing enough care neatly mirror the differences: Asians feel the most guilty; whites the least...
...This said, I attempted to perform “surgery” in the bathroom mirror, with a flashlight and kitchen tongs. It became quickly apparent that the so-called hanging object was actually my uvula...
...SEVEN MIRRORS STAND WAITING ON THE STAGE. Becker takes his position before them, and the photographer starts snapping, belting out commands to the assistants who stand behind each mirror, adjusting. "No. 4, you're making him look like a giant," the photographer says...