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...sparkle of coming back to Cambridge fizzles and Thanksgiving Break is but a distant ship on the horizon, summer thoughts naturally begin to consume my mind. But rather than reliving the debaucherous Fourth, I return to that remarkably unremarkable day—July 5th—that I made exceptional with a group of friends in San Francisco, my summer home...
...lives and their friendship are not entirely under their control. In Mr. Shi’s case, his daughter has run out of tolerance and booked him a ticket for a cross-country bus tour without his counsel or consent. In Madam’s case, her children hastily ship her off to a nursing home. In each instance, the central conflict is ageism, not racism. Half of the film is taken up by Mr. Shi trying to talk to his daughter, sometimes in English, other times in Chinese, but always painstakingly slow. It’s ironic that...
...recent weeks, as the scale of the world's crisis has shifted from worry about buying holiday toys to worry about standing in bread lines, one government after another has stepped into the markets. Attempting to right the financial ship, London, Berlin and now even Washington are buying up stakes in financial institutions. And as governments wade into private business, they have sparked media coverage, particularly among conservatives, warning of a return of Big Brother. WE'RE ALL SOCIALISTS NOW, COMRADE, Britain's Daily Telegraph declared in one headline...
...mate. Now the argument that he's the candidate of steady leadership is turned upside down. The Republican has been as moody as Hamlet, with shifting policy proposals, fickle themes and muddled attacks. Since McCain has never been a party-establishment favorite, it's surprising how little carping and ship-jumping there has been in the wake of the Republicans' abrupt poll slide. But as giddy, shrewd Democrats sing all for one and one for all, GOP second-guessing and mutiny look inevitable...
...starts and stops it must make along the way limit it to about 110 yd. (100 m) per day--meaning it will need two years to get where it's going. Still, the trip should be easier than it once would have been, thanks to a sister ship, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which arrived in 2006 and can provide eye-in-the-sky guidance...