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Jessica feels such shindigs are “existentially” exhausting. The participants “spend the whole party talking over one another, overlapping and overtaking the conversation to prove that they are the smartest, funniest person in the room, if not the entire planet.” Not only is she pithy; she’s on the mark...
...commercial whaling, Norway is within its rights to object to the rules and set its own catch limits. Having eaten whale and enjoyed it, I fail to see any moral difference between eating whale and eating beef, as long as we are responsible in utilizing the resources of the planet. Jan Magnussen Old Lyme, Connecticut, U.S. Preparedness Pays Off Re "Sharing the load" [july 3], on the progress made in providing assistance to Africa since last year's G-8 summit: When large populations are brought to the brink of crisis, international aid interventions are hugely expensive and logistically complicated...
...LISTEN IN The Lonely Planet has started offering free, informative Travelcasts, or travel-related podcasts, at lonelyplanet.com/podcasts ?SPORTS TO GO For those who mix business with pleasure, ESPN recently launched a sports travel site: sports.espn.go.com/travel/
...DYLAN Planet Waves, named for the singer's 1974 album and produced with vintner Antonio Terni, is a luscious blend of Montepulciano and Merlot...
...illusions about Roosevelt's benevolence created by the dinner at the White House," noted historian Louis Harlan in his 1983 biography of Washington. Roosevelt chafed at accusations that he dismissed the men because they were black and insisted that his decision was based solely on his "convictions." The Richmond Planet, a black newspaper, observed: "President Roosevelt may like Colored folks, but he has a devilish mean way of showing...