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Kenneth Adelman and Richard Perle said "oops" earlier this month. As personality types, these two longtime Washington hawks couldn't be more different. Adelman is relentlessly cheerful and upbeat, while Perle is legendarily gloomy and dark. But both played a role in pushing the U.S. into war in Iraq--Adelman in an influential Washington Post Op-Ed promising that the war would be "a cakewalk" and Perle warning of catastrophe if we left Saddam Hussein and his weapons unmolested. Now, interviewed in Vanity Fair, they say it all may have been a mistake. Oops...
...tires easily and has to conserve energy--he uses a wheelchair if he has to travel long distances. He still needs a feeding tube. And he has damage to his optic and auditory nerves, along with some cognitive impairment. Nevertheless, says his mother, "he's a really positive, upbeat boy." Now 5, Asher is in kindergarten. He takes karate lessons and is learning to play tennis. But his family is well aware that he may not survive childhood, so they're always vigilant--sometimes to a fault. One morning last week, says Reckling, "he told me his legs were tingling...
...classical music perked up upon hearing the opening bars of Barber’s Adagio for Strings, popularized by the movie “Platoon.” Due perhaps to the tough psychological leap from Bach to Barber or the fact that the tempo was a bit too upbeat, the Barber Adagio was the least successful of the three pieces. Originally written as the second movement of Barber’s String Quartet op. 11, the Adagio is often performed by a full string section rather than just four players, which can muddy the sound and dilute the piece?...
...expected, Diddy’s new album “Press Play” is stuffed with upbeat tracks and A-list cameos that reflect his flamboyant and entrepreneurial persona. Featuring appearances from Kanye West, Pharrell, will.i.am, Mario Winans, Just Blaze, Nicole Scherzinger, Christina Aguilera, Big Boi, Ciara, Timbaland, Twista, Shawnna, Nas, Cee-Lo, Brandy, Keyshia Cole, Jamie Foxx and Mary J. Blige, it is safe to say that it cannot help but generate some quality songs...
While Putnam’s conclusion is upbeat, a front page headline in the FT on Oct. 9 proclaimed, “Harvard study paints bleak picture of ethnic diversity...