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...surprised. Seventeen years ago, the Prince of Wales came to the Bagehotian establishment at which I then worked for a lunch with "people his own age." Most of the conversation was taken up with an agonized appraisal of the Prince's proper role, together with much royal muttering (conventional wisdom in 1985) that Britain had lost the dynamism for which it once was famous. I begged to differ, and implored the Prince to consider the new, entrepreneurial, street-cred economy being created at that very moment in the clubs and streets, the fashion houses and TV studios and advertising agencies...
...attempt to communicate the basic functions of this home appliance. The DVD, which takes the form of a fictional narrative, follows the basic plot line of the movie The Matrix, with the oddly Laurence Fishburne-like character of “Orpheum” dispensing the mystical wisdom of the Vapir to a youthful “Blaze” Scott Evans, a character that not only recreates but redoubles Keanu Reeves’ trademarked lack-brained helplessness. It’s almost worth buying a Vapir just to lend a hand of support to this unabashed copyright infringement...
Moreover, guilt-free inhalation doesn’t come cheap. At $300 for a corded model and $400 for the battery-rechargeable unit, the Vapir seems a rich man’s toy even when one accounts for the free single-strapped Vapir tote bag and the font of wisdom that is the Vapir users’ manual, which alone is likely worth upwards of $100. Here’s but one golden nugget from the manual: “Many enjoy vaporizing with dimmed lights and a favorite CD...we suggest the Vapir World Beat...
...others, when Sarokhan dreams he dreams of houses white, of offices oval, of hails to, well, him. Since he was three years old, Sarokhan has been aiming toward realizing this dream. “Like an archer, I shoot for the sky,” he says, paraphrasing the wisdom of Machiavelli’s The Prince, which sits on the floor in his Thayer double. “I set out goals for myself that some people think are unattainable...
...President's whirlwind stump schedule was born. Senate races in New Hampshire, Georgia, South Dakota and Minnesota were shaping up to be nail-biters, and so Bush was dispatched to fundraisers, get-out-the-vote events and rallies, touting the experience and political wisdom of John Sununu, Saxby Chambliss and Norm Coleman. The President also spent time in Florida, speaking on behalf of his brother Jeb, whose incumbency to the governor's mansion was under siege. Every one of those campaigns took home a victory Tuesday night. And while it's hard to measure precisely the influence the President...