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...Hall last summer, who told me that I would be married and pregnant by the end of my 18th year. And he was perhaps little less authentic than the New Delhi mendicant who five year ago divulged that I would earn royal honors for my humanitarian work in the Third World...
...funny, with two of the world's most gifted comics, Lane and Williams, as the drag queen and his slightly more butch companion. Lane is wildly endearing: a tempestuous wife, a doting mother and every inch the great lady. The film gets less comic mileage, but more political kick, from the right-wing politician (Hackman) who is the butt of the film's genial jokes. He might be Pat Robertson or Pat Buchanan on a bad day. In the mistaken-identity dinner party that serves as the film's third act, it is his function to be enlightened...
...eminence in the nation's capital. One intern was quoted as saying that at an initial meeting of White House interns "at least one-third of the people were from Harvard...Everyone else was rolling their eyes, but I was proud." Certainly it is positive to have large numbers of Harvard students in Washington, but to gloat over the fact is pure arrogance. Such comments would be worthy of ridicule in the real world, but at Harvard they go unnoticed...
Ebola had struck again. For the third time in 12 months, one of the deadliest diseases known has emerged from the forests of Africa. The outbreak underscores how frighteningly common Ebola is on the continent. But it also marks a new chapter in a medical detective story. In a matter of days, World Health Organization officials and local experts made a nine-hour river trip to the inland village, both to help contain the epidemic and to learn more about the virus that causes it. "If we can understand how the virus is transmitted from the wild, we might...
America is absorbed in its political primaries. But other countries with nearly a third of the world's population are also going to the polls this year. Israel faces a pivotal election that will determine the future of Middle East peace negotiations. Italy is preparing for another revolving-door contest. And Bangladesh recently concluded a violent and politically disruptive vote...