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...GIST: Expanding on the Pulitzer Prize-winning series published last year in the Washington Post (co-written with Jo Becker), Gellman explores Dick Cheney's reign as the most powerful vice-president in American history. Angler - the VP's Secret Service nickname - reveals Cheney's heavy hand in formulating everything from financial policy (Cheney favored of more tax cuts for the wealthy and cuts in the capital gains tax) to energy policy (he forced a reversal on President Bush's 2000 campaign promise to reduce carbon emissions). The bulk of the book's drama, though, is found in Cheney...
...some trepidation about returning to writing. But once he plunged in (Life and Beth is his first post-stroke work), he found it came as easily as before. Ayckbourn writes quickly, typically barreling through a complete draft in 10 days. "My attitude with plays is they're like pictures, in a sense," he says. "You have to write them in the frame. If you stop in the middle of a picture, I imagine, leave it for several weeks and start again, you're going to get a lopsided composition. Some of my best writing comes from serendipity. [Unexpected] things drop...
What Becomes a Leader Most? Obama as a candidate for the White House is a perfect embodiment of "all things to all men" [Sept. 1]. For an election to the post of what could arguably be termed President of the World, that is the kind of man that we need - an Obama with a demonstrable history of crossing boundaries, creating possibilities and redefining perspectives, not a McCain whose greatest talent seems to lie in brandishing a "bloody" past in our faces, and who never fails to make me think of a Walkman missing all buttons save rewind. Tolu Ogunlesi, ABEOKUTA...
...your cover story you left out the perhaps most important alternative: that of a leader. The U.S. as sole remaining post-Cold War superpower needs all the international support it can get to successfully play that responsible role. A great deal was achieved during the Clinton Administration, but that was almost put to naught under George W. Bush. As macabre as this may sound: it was only "thanks" to 9/11 that the world at least halfheartedly rallied back around the U.S. Barack Obama as President has an important message for the world: "We are your leader of choice, not because...
...with Wisconsin. Even with the game tied at one apiece in the second half, Harvard had plenty of chances to put the game away and prevent extra time altogether.In the 68th minute, junior Christina Hagner’s game-tying bid nicked off the far post and out of harm’s way. In the 75th minute, a Lizzy Nichols free kick ran just out of the reach of a sprinting Sheeleigh and turned around for a goal kick. In the 79th minute, Sheeleigh’s own free kick rose just high and wide...