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...feeling I have been rediscovering every day this summer, as I inch along on thesis research. A project that I began early—mostly out of fear—has quickly become the centerpiece of my summer, an opportunity to investigate the topic I like best at a pace of my own choosing. Deadlines now hidden away on syllabi in last year’s binders, I create my own schedule, deciding which books I will read and when...
...helped establish Denis as a model consort ... Lanky and white haired, with a toothy grin and a nasal honk of an accent, Denis has become a cherished figure for his skillful maneuvers through the minefields of public life alongside his wife, or as he would say with precision, 'a pace behind her, old chap, a pace behind her.' He is mainly visible as the gracious host while his wife conducts affairs of state. At 74, he seems eminently fit for the job: the back is still ramrod straight, the step springy, the mind clear as a bell. What keeps...
...known as NIPSCO. In March 2002, Wilson paid the utility 33¢ a heating unit for the family's two-bedroom home. By March of this year, the price had shot up to 86¢, an increase of 161%. If the price of new cars had risen at the same pace, a midrange Ford Taurus would sell for $54,000 today. Says Wilson: "I never turn my heat up past 68. I didn't want to turn my ceiling fan on." (NIPSCO also furnishes her electricity.) "How can other people on fixed incomes...
...quickly become Beijing's. "Because the Chinese leadership backed Tung," notes Shi Yinhong, a political scientist at People's University in Beijing, "the standing of the central government itself is on the line." Hong Kong's chief has made his city emblematic of a smoldering Chinese issue: the funereal pace of political reform. --By Liam Fitzpatrick
...complain of Congress, and it of him. After eight years in France, he seemed more the courtier than the father of self-reliance. His flaws had been on full display in Paris, where his detractors--burning with impatience while the wheels of European diplomacy ground at their stately pace--had had plenty of time to dilate upon them. In an uncharacteristically self-indulgent mood, he grumbled that Congress had shown little appreciation for his services: "But I suppose the present members hardly know me or that I have performed any." His greatest task for his country was a thankless...