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Getting ready for a vacation can be so hectic. It certainly was for George W. Bush last week. While Laura Bush left the White House early to get the ranch in Crawford, Texas, ready for a month-long holiday (one of the longest in presidential history), the President rushed through some last-minute errands. He didn't have to worry about canceling the papers or stopping the mail. He did have to resuscitate his education plan, persuade lawmakers to vote for his industry-friendly energy proposals and get his preferred version of HMO reform through the House...
...pioneering blend of gospel melodies, R&B raunch, a suavely swingin? piano groove ? la Nat Cole and the imposing sound of a big band behind him (though typically he worked with only six sidemen). Oh, and an epochal vocal style that would make him the dominant and longest-lived soul singer of the century. Was Charles, as one of his own albums proclaimed, a "genius"? Eh, who?s to say. But at Atlantic he was the genie let out of their R&B bottle. The cork got lost, and American popular music was never the same...
...greatest living writer, Welty's many honors included the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for "The Optimist's Daughter." The recipient of numerous honorary degrees, including ones from Harvard and Yale, Welty was also recognized internationally. In 1987, France knighted her. Welty's autobiography, "One Writer's Beginnings" became the longest-running book on The New York Times' best-seller list in 1984. It described how the daughter of a Mississippi insurance salesman grew into an astute observer of human nature with a keen sense of place in story-telling. Welty translated that knowledge into essays, short stories, novels and photography...
...longest time, we have been told that George W. Bush is a different kind of leader. He runs the White House like a sleek business. The nerdy all-night debates in the Clinton West Wing Dormitory have ended. The adults are in charge now, we are told, and they are guided by simple, moderate principles that blend compassion with conservatism...
...books in Hong Kong have holes you could shoot a Long March missile through. Only a single text refers to the Tiananmen protests of 1989?without mentioning fatalities?and the twin disasters of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution don't seem bad at all. "For the longest time, they didn't cover anything post-1949," says Michael DeGolyer, a professor at Baptist University. Hong Kong's former British rulers didn't want to provoke China; their pro-Beijing successors feel the same. So how do Hong Kong kids learn their history? "We expect teachers to discuss various...