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...ubiquitous that I hate to pick out one group. Anybody who is conscientious is subject to this because they will try to get everything done, no matter what. So are people who crave high stimulation. I've seen it in writers , people in the arts and the creative fields; but you also find it in accountants and others who are taking on more than they can handle...
...Well, you sit down at the computer (laughs). The dirty truth about blogging is that there isn't a lot of original reporting. But I think that what bloggers do well- or at least I hope what they do well, and that I did well - is pick out the brilliant absurdities in any particular news story. And I think there are a lot of them in the Abramoff case. There are some very cinematic and theatrical aspects to it, right down to him coming out of the courthouse dressed like a gangster. I also think it's fun watching...
...deep-seated hatred of Henry VIII? My uncle Jim, still sharp at 83, recently rattled off a litany of observations no different than my own would be. Even my brother, who in the stages of youthful rebellion intentionally saw himself as completely different from my father, has started to pick up many of his quirks and his sometimes frustrating modus operandi. The deeper I’ve tread, the more I’ve discovered that virtually everything in me that I use to set myself apart from my classmates and peers is reflected, in one way or another...
...struggle to another level, and we were not ready. It would have been a different world if he had lived. I think we would have moved a lot more quickly on some of the global problems in Latin America and Africa. He would have been in a position to pick up where United Nations diplomat Ralph Bunche left off and mediate the situation in the Middle East...
...resorted to fast-food chains or pseudo-Chinese diners, where the ubiquitous "chicken Manchurian" provided a spectacular example of the perils of fusion cooking. But Bombay is now finally getting the culinary makeover it has long deserved. And what Bombay does, the rest of India follows. Here's our pick of the city's best non-hotel venues...