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...indication of lingering Administration defensiveness over her appointment--is that heavyweights like Rice and White House chief of staff Josh Bolten praised Townsend in phone calls to TIME arranged by her office. The President, says Bolten, "likes her competence, her crispness and her ability to give him the straight scoop." Bush has entrusted her with, among other things, the task of implementing sweeping recommendations that a presidential commission made last year for reforming the intelligence community. And he named Townsend the head of a team that tracked last month's British arrests of London bomb-plot suspects...
...films, as raised by Maria Bello's comments about The Cooler and Scary Movie, is clear enough. And it is especially notable in films that treat gay sex. This Film Is Not Yet Rated splits its screen to show similar sexual scenes, with gay ones on the left side, straight on the right. A girl masturbating about a girl she's met (in But I'm a Cheerleader), a boy masturbating into pastry (American Pie); a gay orgasm (Boys Don't Cry), a straight orgasm (Single White Female); a guy on top, with a guy (Mysterious Skin...
Each year, Harvard and Dartmouth go toe-to-toe in a four-game, home-and-home series. The winner is all but assured of competing for the Ivy championship the following weekend; for ten years straight, Dartmouth or Harvard has won the Rolfe title...
...have met in two major finals this summer, with the dirtballing specialist Nadal spoiling Federer's bid for the Grand Slam by beating him on the clay at the French Open. Federer, in turn, held serve against Rafa on the drag-strip grass at Wimbledon to win his fourth straight title at the fortnight...
...power game, but his speed separates him from the pack, especially on clay, which delivers high bounces that allow him to get to shots only cartoon characters should reach. Spanish players have traditionally flourished on clay courts, but Nadal is in another category. He's won a record 60 straight matches on dirt. "I've never seen the guy get tired," says McEnroe...