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...which Suzanne Vale (read author Carrie Fisher) finally somersaults into the Mount Doom of her dilemmas. This is not long after she realizes at last that going off the medication for her manic depression was a mistake. For one thing, that was what let her shoot at top speed, flinging one-liners all the way, to that place in her head where it seemed like a simply terrific idea--terrific!--to get a tattoo, cut off her hair and convert to Judaism, preferably Orthodox, though not before heading to Mexico with that muscular ex-con from the tattoo parlor. Which...
...dismayed by your story on the new models being launched by U.S. car companies [Jan. 12], which showed that America's Big Three automakers continue to be propelled by adolescent aesthetic considerations like sportiness. Mature city drivers aren't focused on speed. Who cares whether headlights are pop-up or not? Thoughtful car buyers today are aware that they aren't just purchasing Middle East oil but are also buying into Middle East conflicts. Despite increased worries about global warming, U.S. car manufacturers appear unconcerned and uncommitted to improving gas efficiency. The Big Three still don't get it. MAURICIO...
...Minister lied about his role in "outing" Kelly's name to journalists - only to find that Hutton's judgment wholly undercut him. He seemed so stunned that he couldn't revise his line of attack last week, and ended up looking churlish and maladroit. The Tory comeback hit a speed bump. The BBC faced the worst crisis in its 80?year history. Its chairman, Gavyn Davies, resigned the day Hutton issued his brutal criticisms of the Beeb's journalistic practices and governing-board oversight, but offered an apology so tepid that Downing Street sought more. The next day the Director...
...breathtaking. It's capitalism at full speed. The whole world's going to get richer...
...Corner, in which nothing recognizable as a word rises above the computer-generated whirs and beats. Occasionally you can hear Dizzee scream his name, and attentive listeners might even catch him boasting about being unstoppable. But a lot of Boy in Da Corner sounds like Michael Caine speed-reading P. Diddy's biography in a video arcade...