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...tribute to Brubeck touched Obama, whose grandfather took him to a Brubeck concert in Honolulu in 1971. "The world [Dave] opened up to a 10-year-old boy was spectacular," he reflected. Of Brooks, the President observed that "behind all the insanity and absurdity, there's been a method to Mel's madness. By illuminating uncomfortable truths - about racism and sexism and anti-Semitism - he's...asking us to see ourselves as we really are, determined that we laugh ourselves sane." See pictures of Michelle Obama's style evolution...
Under former President George W. Bush, the EPA largely punted on the question, even burying analysis from its own scientists in the waning months of that Administration. When President Barack Obama took office, he directed the new EPA to kick-start the regulation process - nearly 11 months and 380,000 public comments later, the agency is now poised to regulate CO2 as a pollutant. "This cements 2009's place in history as the year the U.S. government began seriously addressing the challenge of greenhouse-gas pollution," said Jackson...
...also had the guts to fly the technology he helped develop. For another, he snubbed the Communist Party--professional suicide in the U.S.S.R. "I had many enemies who did not want me to make that flight," he famously told the Boston Globe in a 1998 interview. "Once we took off, I remember thinking, That's it. No one can get me off this spaceship...
David Von Drehle picked the right guy to top your 10 Best College Presidents list [Nov. 23]. As you disclose, Gee took a pay cut to return to Ohio State University, but not reported is that he earned more than $220,000 in bonuses this year--all of which he gave back for student scholarships. Gee leads academics by inspiration. Buckeyes and the nation can now cheer for an OSU academic team that impacts the world with innovation...
...trudged around in both designs, which took some getting used to. Stairs were not easy. Neither was picking up my toddler. But both made me sore where I was hoping they would. The $110 EasyTones were cheaper and more normal-looking, but I preferred the $245 MBTs, in part because they have the added benefit of making me stand up straight. So though my posterior is still a work in progress, at least my posture kicks...