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...avoiding either a conversation that's sure to turn prickly or a long night of sullen introspection. They offer old doggerel - like Eleanor Roosevelt's "Yesterday is history, tomorrow's a mystery, today's a gift. That's why they call it the present" - as eternal wisdom. The men in Snow Angels have the appetites of the philanderers they see in movies but not the suave patter; a cheating husband in this town is unprepared for the inevitable lies or evasions he'll need when his wife finds out. When confronted with his indiscretions, Nate can only sputter...
...reasons for the enormous attention this time around is George W. Bush. Since Bush's election just over seven years ago, and especially since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, global attitudes to the U.S. have worsened, in some places considerably. Before the 2004 presidential election, the accepted wisdom goes, the rest of the world focused most of its ire on Bush himself, figuring that he had somehow lucked into the presidency after a dodgy Supreme Court decision. But after 2004, that excuse no longer worked and there is some evidence to suggest that anti-Bushism turned into a broader anti...
...assumption is that the collective wisdom of journalists and researchers can provide guidance as to who will make the best leader. Clearly it is a subjective call, but most readers can distinguish between editorial content and general reporting. No one is being told how to vote. Readers have the choice to make up their own mind. Steven A. Ludsin, EAST HAMPTON...
Alas poor Harry. whatever you think about the wisdom of mounting a complex operation to deploy one inexperienced 23-year-old soldier to the frontline of a controversial war; whether your instincts are royalist or republican; if you are disturbed by the spectacle of Britain's usually tenacious media bowing to the wishes of palace, military and government, and suppressing a story - no matter what your response to the Afghanistan adventuring of Britain's warrior prince, it's hard not to feel sorry...
...what you want about the glories of growing old--the gaining of wisdom, the drooling of grandbabies, the half-off tickets to matinees of The Bucket List. When it comes to the physical manifestations of advanced years, though, there ain't no euphemizing the indignities. Knees go. Teeth crumble. Ear hairs sprout. Or as Charla Krupp, author of the new best seller How Not to Look Old, puts it, "Aging sucks...