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...like that she's not perfect. That's the one thing I would say makes her interesting. Maybe it's because I'm a southerner, but I'm interested in flawed characters. She's not always going to make the right decision; she makes mistakes sometimes. I think that's far more fascinating in literature than some kind of Superwoman, who goes around and plucks a pubic hair from a pillow, and says 'Ah, our offender is a right-handed Caucasian with a harelip.' She's never going to do that kind of thing. She's always going...
Learning from New Orleans I am a 62-year-old white woman responding to the pitch-perfect words of my black brother Wynton Marsalis. In his Essay "Saving America's Soul Kitchen" [Sept. 19], he wrote, "We always back away from fixing our nation's racial problems. Not fixing the city's levees before Katrina struck will now cost us untold billions. Not resolving the nation's issues of race and class has and will cost us so much more." America, listen to those words or reap the consequences. If the cries of human suffering don't move us, perhaps...
...behind the much-admired gardens and terraces at the Four Seasons Chiang Mai, Bensley proves that his talents extend to bricks and mortar here, with a massive glass dome that awes on arrival, as well as 107 guestrooms that exude understated chic and come equipped with luxurious rain showers (perfect for washing off any dust accumulated during your rambles through Angkor Wat). Evenings should be spent dining on the fabulously spicy cuisine at the hotel's restaurant, Meric, aptly named for a locally grown pepper. Don't miss Australian chef Paul Hutt's grilled Battambang snake and green mango salad...
...deux designed to measure Earth's gravitational field and its effect on ocean currents. A critical step was eliminating any wobble between the ships. J.P.L. staff members had been working with engineers at Stanford University on a thruster that could nudge a spacecraft with boiled-off helium. It was perfect for GRACE's needs. "At J.P.L.," says Rob Manning, Mars program manager and former chief engineer for the Pathfinder mission, "anybody can go to any meeting and criticize or comment...
...year-old white woman responding to the pitch-perfect words of my black brother Wynton Marsalis. In his Essay "Saving America's Soul Kitchen" [Sept. 19], he wrote, "We always back away from fixing our nation's racial problems. Not fixing the city's levees before Katrina struck will now cost us untold billions. Not resolving the nation's issues of race and class has and will cost us so much more." America, listen to those words. If the cries of human suffering don't move us, perhaps enlightened self-interest will. Whatever the motivation, we must...