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...notion of an ordinary person trapped in the spotlight, and the destructive changes this wrought on his psyche that finally unlocked the story for Bourne. His Dorian would be a contemporary young man - the It Boy - who is discovered by a media power broker and transformed into a cultural icon, shedding his humanity along the way. The homosexuality hinted at in the novel would be explicit, and it would be fading billboards, not a painting in the attic, that would serve as a metaphor for the damage to Dorian's soul...
...have round tables like we had this morning, whatever the venue, the message is going to be the same: that somebody needs to be fighting for America's families in Washington. We've got to stop having the agenda set by special interests and lobbyists, and I'm the person who's best equipped to bring that change about...
...some European diplomats have expressed irritation over the intense support lent by Washington to Saakashvili in the months preceding the crisis, which many believe may have emboldened the Georgian into making a calamitous mistake by invading South Ossetia. "The U.S. encouraged him without really understanding the nature of the person," says Christopher Langton, senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Now, he says, the "E.U. is very uncomfortable with the fact that they have invested quite a lot in bringing Georgia into the E.U. neighborhood...
...year's more controversial cases involves two American basketball players who showed up in China wearing the uniforms of the U.S.'s former Cold War rival. Russia may possess oil and nukes, but it is sorely lacking in point guards. In 2004, Vladimir Putin personally authorized the passport granted to J.R. Holden, a journeyman American guard who never made it to the NBA but who has been a catalyst for the Russian national team. But the real sniping began with the "defection" of Becky Hammon, a WNBA star who signed a contract with a Russian club that helped her gain...
...Cejudo won that gold in the second period of the 55-kg (121 lb.) final. In Olympic freestyle wrestling, the grapplers score points during 3-min. periods. The first person to win two periods wins the match. After taking the first period, Cejudo danced around the mat with Matsunaga, before executing the move of the match. "I just set him up," Cejudo explains. "I'm pretty unorthodox - I can find the leg from anywhere. That's just what happened. I didn't even see the leg, but I ended up grabbing it. And I just popped my hips, took...