Word: momentous
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...reach the widest demographic. Boys love violence; girls love love. Boys love football; girls love stories of strong women bucking the odds. The picture cagily begins with a dose of football mayhem: Lawrence Taylor's crippling 1985 takedown of Joe Theismann, later voted the NFL's Most Shocking Moment in History in an ESPN poll. That gets the guys' attention. And for the gals, there's Sandra Bullock, at age 45 the No. 1 movie heroine (after her summer smash The Proposal), as Leigh Anne Tuohy, the Memphis matron who spots young Michael Oher at the Christian school her children...
...Bill Saporito's the Moment [Nov. 30]: It's ridiculous to encourage Americans to spend themselves into further trouble this holiday season. It used to be "American" to spend more than you had. Retailers have had their way for years. Now that Americans are more frugal, stores weep about their lost 30% markups. Does anyone really care about that now? Most people are trying to hold on to their homes, their savings, their retirements. There is nothing wrong with a little Pilgrim virtue when it comes to saving more and spending less...
...Survivor: Alaska" [Nov. 30]: Since I have no intention of buying Sarah Palin's book, I decided to watch her on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is telegenic. She did not put her foot in her mouth. I don't blame Palin for taking advantage of her moment--writing a book, making money. That is the American way. But don't ask me to believe that she has anything to contribute to serious political discourse in this country...
Though this budget cut would, all other things being equal, likely lead to reduced enthusiasm for public service, given the weakness of the corporate law labor market, demand for public service jobs is up at the moment. Consequently, the flow of students into public interest careers may remain high for the immediate future. In this job market, the post-graduation employment choice for law students is often between no job and a low-paying public sector position, in which case the latter option would still be relatively more lucrative. However, this does not excuse the elimination of an important program...
...likely to take the 18-month timeline as a signal that they should continue to hedge their bets and support the Afghan Taliban in the tribal areas along the border in order to foil a much feared expansion of Indian influence on their northwestern flank. At the moment U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan believe they can continue the battle despite Pakistan's tolerance of the Afghan Taliban leadership within its borders. Should Pakistani policy move toward active aid and support, however, the task of defeating the Afghan insurgency would become impossibly difficult. (See Europe's response to the call...