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...quarter of the way through Borrowed Finery, novelist Paula Fox’s new memoir, the author’s father makes a fitting observation. “People who’ve been parceled out and knocked around,” he says, “are always returning to the past, retracing their steps.” At 78, with six novels and 21 children’s works behind her, Fox is finally lending credence to the statement, offering an elegant, if fragmentary, portrait of her first 20 years...
Dozens of volunteers, including farmers, real estate agents and computer execs, join him on missions at their own expense. "My motive is selfish; I feel so good doing this," explains Paula Moran, an airline passenger-services agent in Boston. "I meet the most generous people up here and the most grateful ones down there...
...fans that she was merely suffering from “extreme exhaustion” and those bandages were simply the result of “accidentally” cutting herself with glass. But she was only one of many worn out stars this summer; actor Ben Affleck and comedian Paula Poundstone are currently inhabiting the same Malibu rehab center, where check-ins are free to leave, and are rehabilited with gourmet dinners and field trips to the spa, for the measly price of $33,850 a month...
...professional assistance and is committed to traveling a healthier road with the support of his family, friends and fans." And food, folks and fun, along with additional alliterative assurances at the Malibu drying-out center of choice, Promises. That's the same sumptuous, Spanish-style stuccoed villa where Paula Poundstone is convalescing and Robert Downey Jr. recently rehabbed. The Promises website boasts of "awe-inspiring sunrises," plus a gourmet chef--who presumably will whip up a tasty cake for Affleck's 29th birthday next week...
...nearly every country on earth had reason to be proud. They had done what no one expected--they reached a breakthrough agreement to limit greenhouse gases. During the concluding remarks, as each speaker praised the next, only the chief U.S. official on the scene drew an undiplomatic response. When Paula Dobriansky told the gathering that the Bush Administration "will not abdicate our responsibility" to address global warming, the hall filled with boos. That's because the U.S., the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases, sat on the sidelines in Bonn...