Word: sweets
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...TIME, I begin to understand why pundits, shock jocks and political-action committees own the message. In an age when conflict passes for entertainment, we have come to expect journalism to point out the car crashes for us. Please excuse my complaint - who am I to disturb the sweet music of the lyre? Who am I to point out that Rome has begun to burn? Sarcasm - isn't it lovely? Gregory Behan, Alexandria...
...believe that we can do some truly special things here at Harvard Basketball, but we need you.”This is the same Tommy Amaker, who was National Defensive Player of the Year his senior year at Duke; who led Seton Hall, just seven years ago, to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament; who cleaned up a tarnished Michigan program, winning a NIT Championship in the process; who generated the second-ranked recruiting class in the nation in 2000 while with the Pirates.And he needs the fans, not recruits, not administrative help. He needs us.To be fair, these...
Edwards Edges Toward '08 I guess we know whom Pooley is voting for [Oct. 1]. Could he have let his political leanings color the story? Nah. If Edwards is elected President, Pooley can just keep soaking in that sweet-tea voice while Edwards raises taxes again - and again and again. Eddie Tencza, SAN ANTONIO...
...with The Heartbreak Kid by making it sound vaguely amusing. The movie has its moments, like Lila's ring tone (the Wicked Witch broomstick theme from The Wizard of Oz), and Corddry's exasperated description of his secret for a happy marriage ("Sit back, relax and wait for the sweet embrace of death"). I also appreciated Eddie's flailing argument for dumping his bride for another woman. "The heart wants what it wants," he says, quoting Woody Allen's remark to Walter Isaacson of TIME during the 1992 scandal involving the filmmaker's affair with his stepdaughter Soon...
...Antonina’s life—perpetually subject to explosive changes—and knowledge of her world, which consisted of information gleaned from personal observation, stories heard from friends, and impressions from the media. “The Zookeeper’s Wife” is a sweet and lovely book with both a fascinating story and a fascinating protagonist—when Ackerman actually chooses to write about them. It’s nice that Ackerman is able to evoke such sympathy for the victimized animals that populate her story, but it would have been even nicer...