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...thinking out there," says sportscaster and ex-pro Mary Carillo. "You can watch him sizing up the situation and making adjustments in his game and changing something around, and he never did that against Nadal." Federer backhands the chatter about his lack of mental fortitude. "Nadal is just more obvious about his fighting qualities," he says. "I fight like crazy, even though it doesn't look like I am. Maybe because I have such a relaxed style of play...
...well with him, recalls an aide who was with him on the 28-hour ride home. He considered pulling together his Hollywood friends for a big benefit, but it turned out that was already being arranged before he landed. So he started looking for beyond the obvious, for something that would make both a difference and a statement. Within a few weeks, he and former Senator Bob Dole, the man he had defeated for President in 1996, announced they would spearhead a $100 million effort to provide college scholarships to the spouses and children of those who had been killed...
...overpowering," says François Heisbourg, a security expert who was a chief adviser to the Defense Minister at the time. "I hope the government doesn't put our troops in harm's way without a clear commitment that Hizballah is disarmed." The French position underlines an obvious truth: like most diplomatic compromises, Security Council Resolution 1701 is a necessarily ambiguous document. It was agreed only with the approval of the Israeli and Lebanese governments, and the U.N. force serves at the invitation of the Lebanese government, a coalition of which Hizballah is a part. The international mission falls largely...
...jellyfish, locker rooms, boomerangs, popular girls," and most of all, "my parents." When he wasn't afraid, Franzen was embarrassed. Here's another list citing reasons why the boy Franzen wasn't popular. "I had a large vocabulary, a giddily squeaking voice, horn-rimmed glasses, poor arm strength, too-obvious approval from my teachers, irresistible urges to shout unfunny puns, a near eidetic acquaintance with J.R.R. Tolkien, a big chemistry lab in my basement, a penchant for intimately insulting any unfamiliar girl unwise enough to speak...
...What did you set out to accomplish with Overheard in New York? The blog has a couple of objectives. The most obvious is that it's a humor blog - its purpose is to entertain. At the same time, there are a couple more subtle things happening. One is that the actual way people talk is very different than the way we think people talk. When you're watching a TV show like Friends, the dialogue from the script is nothing like the way people actually talk to one another - random and full of non-sequiturs. OHinNY tries to capture authentic...