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...talked about it as though I had laid it all out there for the taking. I was the buffet, and he just couldn't resist the dessert. That's not how it was. This was a mutual relationship." MONICA LEWINSKY, disputing former U.S. President Bill Clinton's characterizations of their relationship in his new, best-selling memoir...
Jefferson answered virtually every letter he received, including screeds from lunatics and pleas from strangers for money. In particular he could not resist a request for advice. When a young student wrote him seeking some suggested reading, Jefferson picked up a regular correspondence with the youth and even personally hunted bookshops for texts for him. The student, William Munford, turned out to be a scoundrel who would spread political gossip about Jefferson. But historians consider this letter from the then Vice President to Munford to be essential Jefferson: a statement of his fundamental optimism, his faith in the possibility...
...Challenge: The Shi'ite mainstream will be doing its utmost to see that elections actually take place in January, finally giving the Shi'ites an influence commensurate with their numbers over Iraq's destiny. They're likely to resist any effort to postpone a poll, particularly because Sistani and the parties close to him are under pressure among ordinary Shi'ites as a result of the challenge of the more radical element led by Moqtada Sadr. If elections are held on schedule, he'll feel his caution was vindicated. If there's a delay, Sistani will be caught between pressure...
...chairman of Arizona's Democratic Party is absurd when he says the 2004 election is only "about George Bush and John Kerry." To deny Nader, who is running as an independent candidate, a place on the ballot is dangerous to the electoral system. Furthermore, voters who support Nader should resist claims that a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush. Instead, they should focus on Nader's government-reform movement, which, without proper support in the 2004 election, would come to a firm halt. BRIAN MAHONEY Cranford...
...grew up with in Paris. "When I go out, I want to taste a little salt, sugar, have a platter of cheese and charcuterie ..." he says, trailing off as he recalls feasts of yore. Few of those fatty foods make the cut at his restaurant, but Oliver couldn't resist putting a rich chocolate mousse on the menu. Will gym rats splurge as a post-workout reward? Says Oliver with a shrug: "It's an experiment...