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...suppose familiarity is really the only way to learn. I went to an elementary school with sizable chunks of black, white, Hispanic and Asian students, which is rare, so maybe it made me think beyond skin to tell people apart. And when I first meet somebody, I do recognize them by non-facial features—braids, ears, chains, weight. I’ve made mistakes. Only through knowing people and seeing them repeatedly does the mind’s memory get more nuanced. It takes a while to become more than your primary distinguishing features, and to someone...
...Meyers confirms what Morange had suspected earlier—that he probably bottled too early. Still, he declares it “pretty commendable” and notes a “nice apple aroma” and a “good balance of sweetness and tart apple skin.” One of the judges scribbles on the judging sheet: “Well done!” Morange thought the judging went well...
...Graham's death last year. She ran the Post for three decades and was a close friend of Arthur Sulzberger Sr., whose leadership of the Times spanned nearly identical years. Nodding to the publishing blood he shares with Don Graham, the younger Sulzberger says, "We're brothers under the skin...
...BOTTOM LINE: If you must supersanitize your skin, say the researchers, try an alcohol-based antiseptic. --By Janice M. Horowitz
...linking this incident to the war in Chechnya (which he says is over); he's saying this hostage crisis was a product of international terrorism. He's trying to very hard hitch himself to the American bandwagon, saying this has proven, as Russians say, on their own skin, that Russia is a target of international terrorism, and that they'll fight it by any means necessary. And in doing so, Putin is making a terrible mistake...