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Although it is pleasant to see a talented writer branch into new territory, exposition remains McPhee’s strength and thus his longer, more journalistic pieces are most rewarding. McPhee’s style is unique, but in a way that does not encroach upon the material. The worst narrative journalists are those that cannot overcome their fondness for their topics; the slightly better ones have trouble overcoming their fondness for their own voice. McPhee is able to avoid both of these pitfalls...
Reed was introduced to jumping rope in kindergarten. The American Heart Association branch from Santa Claire, Ca. advertised a jumping class at an assembly in her school. Reed and her closest five year-old friends pounced on the opportunity. Little did she know at the time that this newfound passion would take her to far reaches of the globe...
...face to face with a psychiatrist. "There is a flat-screen TV, and that's where they can see the clinician and talk in real time," says Dr. Fred Thomas, a psychiatric epidemiologist who heads community-based mental-health services and policy for the University of Texas Medical Branch, which now includes five telepsychiatry locations in Galveston. "The clinician has a remote and can move the camera around and zoom in on someone's face to see changes in expression or to see if someone is tearing...
...Klein label Obama a "moderate liberal" with a straight face? The President's newfound willingness to extend an olive branch to Republicans hasn't come about because he's a moderate; it has come about because he's a pragmatist. Obama knows if he hasn't been able to ram his policies through Congress, he sure won't be able to now. Mark S. Dolecki, BAYTOWN, TEXAS...
...Manuel Barroso Position: President of the European Commission Powers: Head of the E.U.'s executive branch. It's possible that this role and that of Council President will one day be combined...