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...Chang!), and Harry--well, let's just say again that he's not a kid any more. And as always, there are glorious glimpses of the wider wizarding world. When Harry visits Mr. Weasley's offices at the Ministry of Magic, he's treated to the greatest elevator ride since Willy Wonka, an adventure he shares with a fire-breathing chicken and a flock of bewitched purple paper airplanes, official Ministry memos en route to their recipients. "Level three, Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes...
...persuade a nonfan to read it. (Book critics know much of the Dark Arts but not that much.) The Hogwarts Express is here, and you can either lie down on the tracks or get on board. If you choose the latter course, you're in for a thoroughly satisfying ride. Just when we might have expected author J.K. Rowling's considerable imaginative energies to flag--this is the fifth book of a projected seven-volume series--she has hit peak form and is gaining speed...
Armstrong has always had an easy ride to Paris because he's never faced real climbers. If we can get him in a trap, we can make him panic. - GILBERTO SIMONI, Italian cyclist
...last year's Tour because of a knee injury, remains a threat. And this year's Giro d'Italia winner, Italian Gilberto Simoni, who sat out the last Tour because of a drug suspension that was later overturned, promises to be another contender. "[Armstrong] has always had an easy ride to Paris because he's never faced real climbers," said Simoni. "If we can get him in a trap, we can make him panic." Overcoming obstacles - that's what the French like to see a rider doing, and what Armstrong happens to be very good...
...supporters to participate in non-radical political activism seems to be shrinking. We engage in petty internecine turf wars while real battles rage in the world beyond the gates, beyond the protection of a largely-liberal environment and generous non-discrimination regulations. Our rights ride on the outcome of these battles. Our help, or our inaction, could help to turn the tide. But it seems we are being led away from the battlefield...