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...Communism for Russia and Democracy for America and England." But when he ran for President in 1960, John F. Kennedy never had to explain that isolationist view. Nor would raising the issue have made much sense, because the mature Kennedy had long since outgrown the jottings of his impressionable youth...
...between heartless skill and artless passion. The speakers of Walcott's poems are half strangers wherever they find themselves, not because they want to be but because they have no choice. In The Lighthouse, an island vendor approaches the poet and smiles: "Fifty? Then/ you love home harder than youth...
Generations of Americans pedaled their way through youth on sturdy Schwinn bicycles. But the Chicago-based company, founded in 1895, coasted into Chapter 11 after its 25% share of the U.S. bike market in the 1950s dwindled to 7% today. Schwinn moved virtually all its manufacturing to foreign plants and seemed to lose touch with domestic trends. It was slow to produce mountain bikes, which now account for 60% of U.S. cycle sales. The closely held company has meanwhile been seeking a cash infusion from investors to help it get back up and rolling...
...Catskills -- are at the heart of his new movie, Mr. Saturday Night, which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in, quite an achievement for someone who didn't know what a key grip was seven years ago. Crystal set out to portray someone who embodied the idols of his youth -- Milton Berle, Jack E. Leonard, Alan King -- yet exuded the fear of failure that makes some comics do themselves in, onstage and personally, instead of waiting for life to do it to them...
...which began as a fierce and proudly insular music of the American black underclass, is now possibly the most successful American export this side of the microchip, permeating, virtually dominating, worldwide youth culture. It is both a recreational vehicle and a form of social commentary: you can dance to it (one Mexican rap hit has a salsa kick) and think it over too (a German piece rails against neo-Nazi goons and a complacent, fat-cat government). The language may differ from place to place, even when it's English, but the music is everywhere...