Word: slipperyness
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Beazley makes a terrific 10-min. speech, whatever the occasion. But once he passes the 15-min. mark, it's even money that he'll flop. The more he warms to his subject, the less he seems aware of the audience; the old habits of a lecturer hobble him, especially...
Facial symmetry appeals to us too. Dick Cheney's least trustworthy feature is easily his smile, a lopsided thing that makes him look as if half his face is pleased with something while the other half is paying bills. Research at Columbia University revealed that when some people see fleeting...
Luong Du fled Saigon, Vietnam, when he was 17, stopping in a Malaysian refugee camp before making it to Edmonton, Alberta in 1979. It was in Canada that Lu met his wife, Phuong. Like Lu, Phuong was ethnically Chinese but an immigrant from Saigon. In fact, both had initially wished...
New Ball? A Brick NBA game ball creates hoopla A new microfiber basketball replaces the old leather model this NBA season, which starts next week. Players are crying foul. Shaq says it's "terrible." Others gripe that it's slippery when wet.
Surviving the slippery slopes of power may be hard for generals, and of course it is right that they respect civilian control by not wading into political debates. But with lives are at stake, Dannatt felt compelled to speak: "Honesty is what it is all about. The truth will out...