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...more remarkable following early returns that showed Royal firmly ahead. Though that initial lead mirrored Royal's dominant position after Thursday's first round, it was a surprise given the subsequent regrouping of factional forces that clearly favored Aubry in the run-off. Little wonder, then, that PS heavyweights backing Royal reacted with considerable swagger to her quick start in the final. Not only would their candidate win the leadership job, Royal supporters promised in the early hours of Saturday; she also looked set to triumph in near landslide proportions...
...Disney started out with a mouse, 80 years ago this week, but his company has done all right by dogs too. If Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmatians can't be numbered among the animation studio's most ambitious projects, they both had a high satisfaction quotient. No wonder: the canine attributes of curiosity, affection and unshakable loyalty are an ideal fit for Disney family values of any era. (Cats, not so much.) From the live-action pup opera Old Yeller in the '50s, to the mixed-media friskiness of this fall's Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Disney has paraded...
...ignorance almost killed them. He divulges touching but insightful tales about the Pirahã, allowing the reader both a better glimpse of the scarcely tenable culture and provoking a chuckle, or a pang of empathy. His anecdotes exude an exotic mystique, generating a certain sense of fantasy. One wonder how can such a people, such a place exist? Take Everett’s story of his brush with a giant anaconda. After he veers his small boat, laden with his family, out of the beast’s path he manages to just catch it with his propeller...
...TIME's worship of Obama makes me wonder how you will react when he makes a mistake. Despite your efforts to suggest otherwise, Obama is merely human. Brad Rice, Dallas, Texas...
...Given that poor p.r. offensive, it's no wonder Democratic leaders demanded that the companies prove they can not only survive with these loans but also repay them. "Until they show us the plan, we cannot show them the money," Pelosi quipped. Of course, what passes for a viable plan - or whether Congress is in any position to judge it - is anyone's guess. A Democratic leadership aide said lawmakers are looking for "proof that they won't be back, hat in hand, in 12 months' time." Another said they desired evidence "that they will be able to operate...