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...veto of the expansion of health-care funding for low-income children, Perino found herself in the unenviable position of arguing that Bush does not want children to suffer. As Congress and the courts push back on Bush's tactics for fighting terrorism, his advisers are struggling to find solid legal ground for everything from harsh interrogation techniques to domestic eavesdropping, leaving Perino to explain their compromises without admitting past errors. "The relationship between the press secretary and the media is always going to be adversarial," Perino says...
...drives them to perform this elaborate daily ritual, the answer is telling. As the women in the many time allocation surveys agreed, this is an activity that makes them happy. On a happiness scale from 1 to 6, “wash, dress, personal care” scores a solid 4.31, above cooking, “voluntary activities” (whatever those entail) and watching television, and just behind reading. As this suggests, and as numerous Cosmo articles proclaim, we are “doing this...
...look beautiful “for ourselves.” But this enjoyment has an unpleasant corollary. Bad hair or a flawed outfit can poison our delight at any given moment in a way that our male friends never have to fear. Perhaps it is not, in fact, a solid hour and a half of displeasure, but 90 individual minutes of self-doubt that prevent us from enjoying ourselves fully...
...Everyone had a solid day—that’s what I was most pleased with,” Holmquest said. “There’s a good vibe overall right...
...fumble once, while sophomore Cheng Ho ran the ball seven times for 34 yards.“Running wasn’t easy today, but we’re improving,” Murphy said. “We’re going to be a very solid running team or better down the stretch. I really believe that.”—Staff writer Malcom A. Glenn can be reached at mglenn@fas.harvard.edu...