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...what could go down as either partial vindication or a bad case of déjŕ vu, Secretary of State Colin Powell last week went public with unverified intelligence that Iran is configuring missiles for nuclear warheads. The same day Powell revealed that tidbit, an Iranian exile group, considered a terrorist organization by the State Department, came forward with allegations that Tehran was enriching uranium at a secret site. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Minister denied both charges and suggested that U.S. officials "reconsider their intelligence sources." Diplomats regarded the timing of the exile group's claims as suspect since...
...catches oneself tuning in to the tour guide’s statements as one rushes in and out of historic buildings. One always catches a useful tidbit or other. The statue of the three lies? Can do. The reason Memorial Hall looks like a cathedral? Ditto. Not only is one aware of Harry Elkins Widener’s whole sorry story, but also of the artist who painted the murals inside Widener Library (Sargent), of the reason the third, poignant condition Harry’s mother laid down for the construction of the library (all students must take a swim...
...beef known as the T-bone. Interest piqued by this wholly unremarkable meal, once back in Cambridge, I visited the restaurant’s website and learned that the Eat’n Park is “an institution.” This informative tidbit aside, I remained unenlightened as to the meaning and provenance of its name, as well as the technique by which Eat n’Park chefs drain all flavor from 12-ounce T-bone steaks. Perhaps they sell it by the bottle, like Liquid Smoke or ReaLemon. Regardless...
...wants to help you, at least vicariously. No, Kate Fox needs to help you. A divorce lawyer who helps Los Angeles' richest narcissists weasel out of prenups, Kate also has a talent for matchmaking; three couples she introduced have got married. When one of the brides announces this tidbit at her wedding, it makes the newspaper's society column, and strangers start phoning Kate, asking her to shoot some love arrows their way. She's hesitant: "I'm a divorce lawyer, an ass kicker. People can't think of me as some romantic softy." But a softy...
Ferrell recommends that the graduates remember a tidbit of advice he failed to receive before he stepped off the USC campus...