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...lofty national aspirations. Most of the great presidential ideas were conceived, debated and executed here. During John F. Kennedy's term, journalists and writers caught on to the mystique and began capitalizing "West Wing." In movies and TV programs, Hollywood made West Wing a household phrase of honor and wonder--and, with some help from certain Presidents, no small amount of rascality...
...Wonder what your dog is really thinking? Japanese toymaker Takara claims it can get you in touch with your inner canine through its new Bowlingual. A radio microphone attaches to Fido's collar, and a handheld receiver "translates" his yelps, growls and whines into such phrases as "I can't stand it," "How boring" and "I'm lonely." How does it work? Samples of dog noises were collected, interpreted by animal behaviorists and stored in a doggie database. When your dog barks, the sound is beamed to the handheld and matched to the database. When in doubt, take...
PHILADELPHIA—You wonder how hard it really is to tear down a goalpost...
...himself. Yet both albums, and the movies that spawned them, are about the same thing: talent overcoming apathy to talent. Tony Manero wants to rule the world's dance floor; Prince wants to rock it. Ambition is a subject to which every artist can relate, and it's no wonder that it inspired the Gibb brothers' best song, Stayin' Alive, and Prince's most human album. 8 Mile is also about talent struggling for recognition, with the added wrinkle of the talent being a white artist yearning to be taken seriously in a black genre. Eminem runs with the theme...
...English concentrator who’s actually chosen the concentration in order to read Chaucer, Spenser, Milton and Shakespeare, I occasionally wonder how I can justify the fact that I’d throw all the classics down in a second if a new Potter book appeared. But then I’m in English, after all, because I love to read. I love thinking about reading and about why we read and why authors write. That’s hardly incongruous with my week-kneed affection for a fictional 12-year old wizard...