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...best part of this clip is its note-perfect rendition of the process, similar to those of yoga and crack cocaine, by which many viewers are introduced to the show in the first place. A friend says, "You've never seen Lost?" in a disbelieving tone of pity and disgust. Then - as night follows day - comes the inevitable binge. It's fair to say that many Lost fans have caught up with the show in long, slothful, weekend-consuming, sofa-denting DVD sessions. Its peculiar mysteries (smoke monster? four-toed statue? the island moves?) lend themselves well to this approach...
...around, there's a sense of pop culture trying to feel its way toward the next thing, the new tone, whatever it might be. On 24, Jack Bauer is getting philosophical about torture. American Idol is trying to be nicer to its bad singers. Even Clint Eastwood's hit Gran Torino--in which a racist retiree snarls at Asian gang bangers to "get off my lawn" as he protects a young Hmong neighbor--is ultimately not the reactionary return of Dirty Harry but the 20th century grouchily giving way to the 21st...
...Mondale, "he seemed to go into a seizure of something." After the seizure, said Senator Leahy, "a lot of us were making the sign of the cross. You can tell the Irish." Said a hopeful Dodd: "The good news is he's going to be fine." Recalling Kennedy's tone of voice before he was driven to the hospital, Dodd said, "When he bellows, he is usually in pretty good shape...
...scientific observer of light and atmosphere, as were the impressionists. "I want more than half the story," he says. "There are some people who like my work because they see every blade of grass. They're seeing only one side of it. They don't see the tone. If you can combine realism and abstraction, you've got something terrific...
...Thankfully, some evangelicals—including Warren, the author of “The Purpose-Driven Life”—have tried to change the tone of the debate. In 2004 the National Association of Evangelicals created the “Evangelical Call to Civic Responsibility,” which focused on social issues like poverty, AIDS, human rights, and the health of the environment. Other evangelicals—who believe just as strongly in the injunctions of Jesus Christ—have become eloquent spokesmen for the cause of peace...