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...support its aggressive conduct, the White House has been developing a very robust interpretation of presidential power. Vice President Dick Cheney in particular believes that presidential power has been unreasonably confined since the 1970s. Although he served as a Congressman from Wyoming from 1978 to 1989, it's the Executive Branch that holds Cheney's heart. As White House chief of staff for Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977, he saw up close how Ford's powers were repeatedly reined in by a newly invigorated Congress determined to refuse Nixon's notions of Oval Office prerogative...
...Putin insists that he is merely pursuing his nation's best interests. And he can claim some success: growth is a robust 6%; foreign debt has been slashed to one-tenth of what it was (as a percentage of the total Russian economy) six years ago; and, like Norway, the nation has been stashing away a part of its oil revenues in a "stabilization fund" that can be tapped in the future if oil prices drop sharply, causing a shortfall in the state budget. Putin also argues that, as the world's top natural-gas exporter and a leading...
McEwan followed his 2002 masterpiece Atonement with this robust meditation on evil, fear and--unusually for him--happiness. His main character is Henry Perowne, a prosperous London neurosurgeon with a loving family and a handsome town house. He's a contented man, or he would be if his well-being weren't edged with the anxieties that trouble most of us after 9/11. On the single day on which this book takes place, with the streets of London jammed by a massive demonstration against the impending Iraq war, he crosses paths with a belligerent stranger. Before this haunting novel makes...
...nominations. But as one of the movie?s admirers, I?m sticking to my story: that this far-East fairy tale, about the geisha Cinderella (Zhang Ziyi), her wicked stepsister (Gong Li), her fairy godmother (Michelle Yeoh) and the faraway prince (Ken Watanabe) she dreams of, is a delicate, robust and emotionally satisfying throwback to the sweeping romances Hollywood once specialized in and now mostly ignores. Its visual splendor never obscures the furtive, assertive heart beating under the kimono. I loved seeing most of my favorite Chinese actresses in one movie (even if they were turning Japanese), and watching Gong...
...McEwan followed his 2001 masterpiece Atonement with this robust meditation on evil, fear and ? unusual for him ? on happinesss, too. His main character is Henry Perowne, a prosperous London neurosurgeon with a loving family and a handsome townhouse. In all, he's a contented man, or he would be if his well being weren't edged with the anxieties that trouble us all after 9/11. On the single day in which this book takes place, with the streets of London jammed by a massive demonstration against the impending Iraq war, he crosses paths with a belligerent stranger. Before this haunting...