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...year-olds to vacation hideaways. And the endless golf courses. Our old wives will have to put up with us geezer husbands chasing them around the bedroom with renewed libido. Holy cow! And I thought paradise was only a dream. I hope that the mad scientists will quit dragging their feet. I don't have time to wait. HARRY MASS Tarzana, California...
...only by her savvy. Hannah is exceptionally good at her principal hobby--that is, making Rose feel not-that-pretty--and the time-honored Jewish tradition of guilt and sarcasm extends even to the most minor conversations. During Gregory's first evening with Hannah, Rose asks her mother to quit her interrogation and go prepare desert: "I've raised two daughters, I've buried a husband, I've made my coffee," she responds in perfect deadpan. Mimi Rogers is equally vicious and hilarious as Rose's sister, particularly toward her poor husband Alex; Pierce Brosnan is unerringly type-cast...
...much as those people may like you, they aren't calling because they miss you. They merely miss the function that you perform. Had you dropped out of the play, quit the paper or lost all interest in ulcers the previous week, you would probably never hear from them again. If you were to determine the ratio of the number of phone and e-mail messages you received in one day from people calling to say hello against the number of messages from people who wanted you to do something for them or their organization, the ratio would probably...
...bridge the gap. "It's one thing to punish me and another to alienate me," he says. "Now there's no way I'm going to talk straight with them again. I do, and I'm heading right for a military academy." Michael seems neither disposed nor able to quit entirely. "I've been cutting down a lot, and really only do it on the weekends," he says. "But I can't go cold turkey...
Finally, the American people want the political parties to quit the petty fights and to lead for a change. They do not want to see one party steamroll the other as the Democrats tried to do in the early Clinton years or the Gingrich Republicans tried to do in the last two years. They want to see cooperation and people working together for the good of the country--not for improvement in the next Gallup poll's numbers...