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...some advice. In their book The Way to Win, they offer tales from past campaigns and--with the help of former President Bill Clinton and G.O.P. impresario Karl Rove, who were interviewed for the book--tips for those who have their eyes on the Oval Office. Here's a sampler...
...words like rubbernecking, gridlock and road rage, the information age demands new terms for the behavior it induces. So says psychiatrist Edward Hallowell in a forthcoming book, CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked and About to Snap--Strategies for Coping in a World Gone ADD (Ballantine Books; 246 pages). Here's a sampler of Hallowell's new words for new times...
...less exorbitantly up here.While most will probably head to Om for its atmosphere, there’re some very good noshings and spirits to be had. Bartender Cliff Travers, formerly of Dali sibling Cuchi Cuchi, smiled at me from behind yellow-tinted indoor sunglasses and served me two colorful sampler drinks. The green one was supposedly flavored with green tea essential oil, while the pink one had…a raspberry on the rim. Both tasted super, despite one bartender’s whisper to me that they were keeping ‘em weak so the journos wouldn?...
...speaking different languages? The staff of The Nation is sure of it. With the help of thousands of readers who submitted entries on the magazine's Website, longtime Nation editor (and newly-named publisher) Katrina vanden Heuvel has written Dictionary of Republicanisms, a liberal take on the GOP. A sampler...
With the season for mindless tomes upon us, a clutch of books by comedians offer memories and quips in equal measure. Before you head to the beach, here's a sampler. -By Jeremy Caplan...