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...Beneath the surface politeness, of course, some of the tensions and bad feeling of 2003 were still evident. You could hear it in the snappy tone of a senior Saudi official, insisting that the Iraq war had made the task of reformers (like him, naturally) harder. You heard it, above all, in the constant use of the term "imposition," with its implicit message that the U.S. was attempting to dictate to others its own sense of how they should organize their politics, societies and economies. And you could feel it in the mutters that rippled through the Congress Hall when...
...Mental Health Crisis,” Jan. 12 and “Students Reach for Help in Vain,” Jan. 21) students might waver before seeking help through Eliot Senior Tutor Oona Ceder. In the spirit of dramatic journalism, Parts I and IV imbue an exasperated tone to a message she sent to Eliot House Master Lino Pertile toward the end of spring term last year. Those who know Oona know that she is not exasperated but rather, deeply concerned that all students receive the help they need. She has been in high demand, in part, because students...
Discouraged centrists, listening to the overture to the 2004 race, are worried that the party is tone-deaf and doesn't know it. Although Clinton was able to handle its multiple belief systems, going into this race there is nothing resembling harmony on anything from trade to taxes to the wisdom of going to war. "What the Democrats don't realize is that they aren't ready for an election, but the electoral clock is inexorable and so we're having one," says a former Clinton aide. "They think Bush-hating is a vision. It's not. There...
Research suggests that for men, aging is more about losing one's hair than losing one's skin tone--making skin care a tougher sell. And men who moisturize often grab whatever is in the bathroom cabinet--even if it belongs to their wives. "Men are huge cadgers," says L'Oreal CEO Lindsay Owen-Jones. "They don't buy too much stuff for themselves." Owen-Jones loves to sail--a pastime that takes its toll on the complexion. So which moisturizer does he use? Er, two, actually--one from Lancome's Homme line and one from Vichy's Thermal...
...wants his memoirs to be like the riveting bestseller that Ulysses Grant wrote and that helped restore his tarnished reputation. (He's also said that he wants to avoid the kinds of tomes that Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson wrote after their presidencies because they had a pompous tone that missed their real voice.) There is no ghostwriter. Then Clinton goes over the sections with his editor, the legendary Bob Gottlieb, formerly of The New Yorker...