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...that at the time of Roosevelt's marriage, when Ward's book ends, F.D.R. had not yet become F.D.R. It was only his later struggle with polio that added the necessary steel to his character. Ward is already at work on sequel. It cannot fail to reveal a stranger, stronger character, but it will build on this odd foundation. --By Otto Friedrich

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interiors: The Roosevelts | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...same time, he is plainly not comfortable talking to a stranger, and that shows too. Occasional informalities are quickly caught up, crumpled and tossed away. He shows no signs whatever of seeking affection, as one does in a normal conversation, and rather than expanding on an idea or a story in the interests of courtesy, he will begin to fade off, and suddenly snap to attention by saying, "So much for that." There is almost no small talk. The amiability is reserved for his subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the President Saw: A Nation Coming Into Its Own | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...stranger knocked on the window of a Story Hall resident, asking for directions. The resident found it suspicious and reported the incident to HUPD. Officers were sent to the area to search for the stranger but could not find...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

...provoke, Elvis Mitchell is startlingly polite. While taking his film class last year, I visited his office hours in the Carpenter Center’s Sert Café. Interrupting our conversation about comic books, he jumped up, crossed the room and opened the door for a shopping-bag-laden stranger...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chilling With Elvis, The Controversial Charmer | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

...what true?" I thought it was an odd way to start a phone conversation with a virtual stranger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: My Life So Far | 4/4/2005 | See Source »

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