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Roosevelt was a contemporary of Sigmund Freud's, but a less self-analytical man would be hard to imagine. He was outer directed in every way and keenly receptive to the possibilities of the moment. Henry Adams, the most nuanced mind of Roosevelt's day, was exactly right when he called him "pure act." Roosevelt entered the White House after three decades during which Congress had consistently had the upper hand over the President. He lost no time in making it plain that he was a different breed. The "imperial presidencies" that followed his, from those of Franklin Roosevelt...
...ubiquity of staph bacteria adds to the problem. The germs are part of the usual microscopic landscape of your outer and inner skin, including the mucus linings of the nose. Most of those bacteria don't cause illness, and in fact their presence is a good thing, since they can crowd out more dangerous pathogens. But every once in a while, the good guys take a beating, and one of the bad guys, like MRSA, takes hold, colonizing the skin...
...Under his command, the rebels have managed to seize and hold the heights overlooking the three main access roads into the capital. At times they have probed Dili's outer suburbs, menacing the Army headquarters with a brazen attack on the barracks at the city's edge...
Former soldier Carlisto "Lito" Afonza thought he was safe as he and his wife huddled in the rocky hills above Dili's outer western suburbs. Cradling their 18-month-old son, they listened anxiously to the almost continuous thunder of gunshots and exploding grenades that echoed around the ridges on April 29. "I had to go up onto the ridge because I was worried the grenades might land on my house," Afonza says...
Sardine in Outer Space by Emmanuel Guilbert & Joann Sfar will also be a multi-volume series, but aimed at young readers. The book collects short, silly stories that feature Sardine, a little girl who dresses like a witch, travels around in space with her pirate uncle and trouble-making cousin Little Louie, and gets into goofy adventures battling Supermuscleman, a comical bad guy who wants to capture all the children of the universe. As a comic for very young readers, it has plenty of funny visuals and easy plots. In one, the group has to win a dance contest...