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There are similarities between The Blind Side and Precious, the hit indie film about a pregnant, illiterate teenage girl whose teacher goads her toward self-worth. Both Michael and Precious begin as scholastic failures with awful moms and no hope who are reclaimed and saved by a caring adult woman. Except that, here, we see the awkward teen through the eyes of his white benefactor. Leigh Anne's first visit to Michael's old neighborhood is treated like Margaret Mead landing on Samoa. She delivers tough love to Michael's mother and tough lip to the local drug lords...
Sarah Palin jokes and witticisms abounded at the international debut of Steve Almond’s “This Won’t Take But a Minute, Honey” as the local author gave a reading of his new, self-published book at the Harvard Book Store to an audience of over 50 people...
...debut of “This Won’t Take But a Minute, Honey” had the option of having their own, hot-off-the-press copy of the book printed as they were treated to a reading of several excerpts from Almond’s self-published work. The subjects of the readings ranged from serious topics like Hitler’s demise to more humorous but instructive stories concerning unfriendly cashiers...
...that large today simply because they can be that large, not because of some virtuous working of the market. This is not Adam Smith’s capitalism. Just as he decried the inevitable greed and corruption of monopoly, he would surely rail against today’s self-serving and closed systems of compensation review...
...Cordoba. His immense appetite for work is matched by a passion for play. He is a world-class thoroughbred racer and breeder and, at 62, he remains a celebrated equestrian who engages in arduous endurance races across hundreds of miles of terrain. Doubtless it takes a politician of supreme self-confidence not only to write Arabic poetry but to post it in volumes on his website. In an interview with a Kuwaiti newspaper in 2003, the sheik explained what linked all his endeavors: "I love success. I despise failure...