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Bill Gates, the father of the Geek Pantheon, has said that he will not read more than four or five pages at a time off of a computer screen. But digital consumption of text is growing every day. Most Harvard students lack even a cursory knowledge of what is contained in the prodigious collections of Widener Library, and few could navigate the stacks without a map. In this generation of HOLLIS-dependent undergrads, the only romance associated with the library can be found in the smutty open dialogue of Bored@Lamont or late-night hookups in Widener. Thanks...
...style, of political correctness. Haggard sensed a certain reluctance among the Hillarians to embrace his endorsement-in part, I imagine, because he's not shy about saying that one of the biggest things Hillary has going for her is Bill, who ranks up with Reagan in the Haggard pantheon and not only because the former President used to have a pickup truck with Astroturf in the back. "He cared about this country, about our problems," Haggard said, with a twinkle. "And I figure that whatever she doesn't know, he does...
...Cheney's dustup with the normally non-controversial National Archives and Records Administration is the latest reminder that Cheney believes he can play by his own rules. And it probably secures for Cheney a place alongside Richard Nixon in the Washington pantheon of secret-keepers...
...colorful pantheon of Rio de Janeiro stereotypes, none is more beloved than the malandro. Brazilians like to believe that many of their Portuguese words defy direct translation, and in this case they are right. A malandro is, for want of a more succinct description, a hustler who survives by his wits and savvy, often fooling those richer or more powerful than himself, and usually skirting the law. He is a bohemian, a joker and a smartass. The word has been cropping up all over the sports pages of the local and international media in recent weeks, thanks to the efforts...
...Reagan is the more obvious case. In the pantheon of modern Republican heroes, he stands alone. The G.O.P. has produced seven Presidents in the past 70 years. But I'd bet that in the stump speeches of today's G.O.P. contenders, Reagan is cited, invoked and appealed to more than the other six combined. As he should be. As President (so Republicans tell it), he got the economy going again, restored American confidence and won the cold war. As a Republican, he both sharpened the party's message and broadened its appeal. He won two landslide elections and then...