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...these gaudy statistics weren’t enough, Ogunwole has also served as the Crimson’s leader, the heart and soul of the team...
Foreign affairs seem particularly apt to bring out a presidential capacity for hypocrisy. Kindly William McKinley, who used U.S. troops to suppress the fledgling Philippine republic in 1898, said he had prayerfully searched his soul before deciding it was his duty to "civilize and Christianize" the Filipinos. Theodore Roosevelt, who encouraged an insurrection in the Colombian province of Panama so that he could build a canal through it, liked to consult with Attorney General Philander Knox about the legality of his various aggressions, but Knox was not the sternest of critics. "Ah, Mr. President," he asked on one occasion...
...dirge, an I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag, about his experiences as a young grunt in Viet Nam. Stone means the drama, the carnage, the horror, the horror to be so white-hot they will cauterize and heal the wounds of war, and singe everyone's soul in the process. Well, not quite, but Platoon is still the most impressive movie to deal with the fighting in Viet Nam. Apocalypse Now was, by comparison, all machismo and mysticism; Stone's film is a document written in blood that after almost 20 years, refuses...
...inspired few legends and has never come to seem larger than life or as colorful as his art. In Edgar Degas: Life and Work (Rizzoli; 343 pages; $70), British Critic Denys Sutton shows why such comparative obscurity would have suited his subject perfectly. Degas was a reserved, withdrawn soul who poured most of his energies into painting and drawing. There were rumors that the artist, a life-long bachelor, did not care much for women. The evidence, Sutton decides, is inconclusive. But look at the pictures this sumptuous book provides: achingly beautiful renderings of women toweling down after baths...
...following the trend set by Apple - represents data as translucent and jewel-like and faintly glowing. Subtle shadows, gleams and animations enhance the illusion. It's just cosmetic stuff, but given how much time one spends there, it's nice when one's desktop doesn't feel like a soul-leaching cubicle. (To assuage the Mac faithful: yes, many of Vista's features are pilfered directly from Mac OS X, and in general Apple has shown itself to be far more efficient and innovative in the operating systems market. Done...