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...current topic is certainly lurid, if you would believe the seventy-three-year-old authorial voice masquerading as wide-eyed Charlotte. The use of free-indirect-discourse throughout the novel often betrays Wolfe as the man behind the curtain, as when Charlotte critiques the pastiche of hotel lobbies “these days,” making her sound as if she has done and seen just about everything in this great land, until we are reminded that she doesn’t know the most basic juvenile slang...
...with remote-entry side doors, a lazy Susan in the second row and third-row seats that stow effortlessly. The $34,000 touring model (prices start at $25,000) includes an automatic lift gate and a rearview camera. Honda has upped the safety margin too, with side air bags, curtain air bags and a frame that dissipates energy in a crash. The Odyssey is aiming for European handling, a stretch for any minivan, but the 255-h.p. variable-assist engine (it turns off unneeded cylinders) gives an able approximation. --By Bill Saporito
...expression of love of country as any pledge, hymn or flag. For people on both sides, there is relief that the day affirmed the sustaining virtue of American democracy. However fierce the battle and however high the stakes, on Election Day citizens go to the polls, close a curtain and cast their vote--and then go home to honor the outcome because we have only one President at a time. --Reported by John F. Dickerson with Bush; Perry Bacon Jr. with Kerry; Matthew Cooper, Michael Duffy and Karen Tumulty/ Washington; Eric Roston/ Columbus; Wendy Cole/ Chicago; Mitch Frank and Nathan...
After eight auditions, the curtain is set to rise—and Harvard and Penn are waiting eagerly in the wings...
...lined up a vertical mark with predetermined stars to provide proper heading ... As Faith 7 blasted into the atmosphere, friction set up a curtain of ionization that knocked out communications ... [The astronaut] scored his bull's-eye landing off the ... carrier Kearsarge ... He was safe?he had done what his equipment could...