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...retreating—what I’ve done for each of the last four or five years is retreat to a place I have back in Cape Cod. I always have some sort of writing project, like a book I’m doing this year...We go for walks on the beach, bundle up and go for bike rides. If it’s not too cold, we go kayaking...
...Iran's mullahs while the blood of Iranian protesters is still fresh on their hands. And "reconciliation" with the Taliban, while necessary for the U.S.'s eventual withdrawal from Afghanistan, might be a horror show for Afghan women. It is worth noting that while many historians applaud Nixon's retreat from global containment, his decision to cozy up to dictators in Beijing, Moscow and elsewhere elicited revulsion from Americans on both left and right...
...Beatlemania is the comparison that everybody makes, but Twilight is more like the Beatles in reverse. Beatlemania was a reaction to the buttoned-down, sexually repressed pop culture of the 1950s. Twilight is a reaction to the reaction - it's a retreat from the hedonistic hookup culture that the sexual revolution begot. Nobody hooks up in Twilight. Meyer put sex back underground, transmuted it back into yearning, where it became, paradoxically, exponentially more powerful. "For me, the appeal of the vampire is safe sexuality," says Melissa Rosenberg, who has written the screenplays for all the Twilight movies...
...Planet 51, $12.6 million, first weekend 5. Disney's A Christmas Carol, $12.2 million; $79.8 million, third week 6. Precious, Based on the Novel "Push" By Sapphire, $11 million; $21,4 million, third week 7. The Men Who Stare at Goats, $2.8 million; $27.6 million, third week 8. Couples Retreat, $2 million; $105 million, seventh week 9. The Fourth Kind, $1.7 million; $23.3 million, third week 10. Law Abiding Citizen, $1.6 million; $70 million, sixth week...
...televised statement to parliament over the weekend, Mubarak said, "Egypt will not tolerate those who hurt the dignity of its sons" - a statement that drew praise from the Egyptian public. But at the same time, Mubarak also seemed to be calculating his retreat. "We don't want to be drawn into compulsive actions," he added. (See the top 10 sporting cheats...