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...applies to the use of profanity." Joe Roth, Academy Awards producer, on whether a five-second delay in the broadcast will be used to censor political statements made by winners...
...picture of a discontented family over the long arc of the years, this book can remind you of The Corrections without Jonathan Franzen's emotional knots. In its subplot of a daughter lost to the lures of the 1960s, it can bring to mind American Pastoral without Philip Roth's refining fires. Toward the end, Michael hears an old song on his car radio. "He liked the way the singer kept her voice so plain and ordinary," Tyler tells us, "too intent on expressing her sadness to concern herself with effect." That's the tone Tyler is generally after herself...
...reason you're seeing the Apollo-like configuration come back," says Volker Roth, a Boeing engineer, "is basically its safety and robustness during the first 100 miles and the last 100 miles of any space trip." Such a comparatively simple vehicle could be ready relatively soon, but the loose time frame of the Bush plan doesn't call for the craft to fly before 2014. That decade-away projection puzzles Charles Allen, head of Boeing's Orbital Space Program. "By 2007 we could be doing major systems tests," he says. "I don't see any problem with that...
...appeals equally to both sexes. If a guy can be convinced that his marriage is like a rusty carburetor or a clogged kitchen sink, he may be stirred to fix it. "I think men are hesitant to go into therapy because they feel they're going to be targeted," Roth says. "Michele's approach is pragmatic and practical. That's refreshing...
...plenty of satisfied customers--the Roth-Merediths, for two. They work (at their marriage) and play (she's now his band's official bass player). And their son, 4, has noticed the difference. When his parents fought, he used to throw things and scream. Now he sees his parents hugging and delights in squishing himself in to share the love. "I think it has improved the quality of his life," says Roth. "There's a lot more laughter in our house...