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...green waves of Sydney Harbor. In advance of our meeting, Crowe's publicist announced that her client had a surprise for me: he had rented a tall ship--like the one he captains in his new movie, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World--for the sake of a photo shoot and our introductory chat. It seemed a bit obvious--ship movie, ship interview--and I wondered if it wasn't a clumsy gesture designed to focus the conversation on knots and fathoms rather than more interesting matters like bar brawls and love affairs. But soon there were...
...genuine, whether our agreement with it is, as well. These represent larger, life decisions that dictate how we live and why, what we believe is important and why. These are things that are done, not to advertise to others how we live, but for our own sake, to satisfy our own sense of what is right and what is right for us. This is how I’ve come to view the old standby of social categorization, and why I still believe that—if done thoughtfully—time and money spent on clothes is never wasted...
...President Chandrika Kumaratunga sparked a political crisis by abruptly sacking three ministers, suspending Parliament and imposing a state of emergency - which she lifted two days later - while Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on a trip to Washington, D.C. Kumaratunga denied she was trying to grab power for its own sake, accusing Wickremesinghe of endangering national security through "willful neglect" of the military and granting too many concessions to Tamil Tiger rebels in peace negotiations...
...South End’s bar offerings are well worth the trip—if you know where to go. Since a journey into the trendier-by-the-minute neighborhood is best enjoyed with friends, I enlisted a slew of girlfriends for a Saturday night adventure. For the sake of diversity, we were accompanied by two male friends. Our intensive South End cultural submersion was an overall success—we found tons of great places, all only blocks apart. Throw on your chic weekend shoes and hit the ground running...
...ball on its plush wall-to-wall ecru carpet and sleep away your midterm blues. One member of the Center described the community at the CIMC as “the Episcopalians of Buddhists”—it provides mostly “meditation for the sake of meditation,” as instructor Matthew Daniel says...