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Since then Le Carre has fared somewhat better with critics, but there will be readers of his new book who will agree with his old headmaster. Le Carre is best known for classic cold war espionage thrillers like The Spy Who Came In from the Cold and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. But the cold war is long over, and at 72, he has written a searing, startling novel that sweeps through much of the 20th century and up to the present conflict with Iraq, and it may shock his devoted fans. Absolute Friends (Little, Brown; 455 pages) is a work...
After Saturday night’s struggles, it is possible Mazzoleni might continue to tinker with his first power-play unit. But he also thinks that his team needs to use reverse-motivation, psyching itself up to meet the challenge of teams that are psyched up to face the Crimson...
...after four long years, owners of the other consoles get to share the Calibur experience. And it was worth the wait. Though Soul Calibur II (all consoles, $49.99) doesn't tinker with the first game's look and feel, it adds a cast of characters that varies depending on your machine. Got a GameCube? You'll love playing as Link, the hero of Legend of Zelda. Xbox owners, who skew older, get Todd McFarlane's Spawn. Nobody gets cheeseburger...
...such hobbies is stress relief. As a high schooler he cruised his town's hamburger stand in a roaring '53 Ford, juiced up with parts from the local junkyard. As a young man, with no money for a garage, he would jack up cars in his yard and tinker with them. Then, as his plumbing company grew successful, he found that cars offered an escape from work stress. "When you come home at 11 p.m., and you're wound up, you go in the garage, get your wrenches, start working on stuff. Your hands get a little bloody, a little...
...Ryan helped give me an idea of how it was taught a year ago,” Cecchini said. After watching hours of film and reviewing pages of plays, Cecchini began to tinker with the established system...