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...mildly, in a minority; Bloom might be surprised at the number of adult readers who scour the texts for Jungian archetypes and trace the folkloric roots of hinkypunks, mischievous creatures who mislead travelers into bogs. "I think she's a terrific writer," says Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of 80 children's books, who has read the first book. "And she's a ripper-offer, like me. She has taken from some of the best English literature and cooked up her own stew. It's brilliant, and I have every intention of reading the others; otherwise children I know will...
...There was a lot of pressure on him to lie,” says one longtime administrator. “More disturbing was the expectation that he would dissimulate or mislead in the press release about the circumstances of his leaving...
Again and again in interviews last week, Americans told TIME that their faith in Bush is what ultimately overcomes their reservations about his policy in Iraq. They trust that the leader they saw after 9/11 will not mislead them about the dangers that Saddam poses. Dietz's husband Richard, for one, is convinced that Bush knows a lot more than he's letting on publicly. "He is keeping a lot from us to protect us," he says. "If he says there's something there, I'm behind the President." Winston says Bush has become a kind of touchstone of people...
...President Bush made his bold advance into the chambers of the House of Representatives Tuesday, he knew exactly what to say both to please and to mislead the millions of Americans who were audience to his State of the Union address. Bush, hoping to avoid the presidential shortfalls of his father, digressed from his seemingly constant rhetoric on a potential war in Iraq to briefly discuss the pivotal state of the domestic economy. Unfortunately, his plan to fix the struggling economy is overly simplistic and a thinly veiled ploy at satisfying his rich political base. And while Bush did promise...
...Korea crisis, Washington has offered a resumption of food and energy aid, as well as some form of written guarantee that the U.S. will respect the country's sovereignty and security. The North Korean response was decidedly snotty (it described President Bush's offer as a "deceptive drama to mislead world opinion") but analysts interpret the remarks as typically shrill North Korean bargaining. Pyongyang will try and hold out for a formal non-aggression pact, while the Bush Administration will likely offer some lesser form of written security guarantee. But the nuclear brinkmanship appears designed primarily as a negotiating tactic...