Word: tale
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...tale is a typically dispiriting take on American Jewish dysfunction from Samuel G. Freedman's new book Jew vs. Jew (Simon & Schuster; 384 pages; $26). But to the initiated, its message is more specific: the angst of belonging to the group so often stuck in the middle of such rifts. Gottesman is a Modern Orthodox Jew. Just like Joe Lieberman...
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the greenest of them all? There was a whiff of fairy tale to the spectacle of the globe's two biggest automakers preening over their environmental images last week. For decades, General Motors and the Ford Motor Co. have publicly resisted attempts to tighten fuel economy and clean up toxic tailpipes. All the while, they have outdone one another in launching ever more gas-guzzling behemoths. Yet there they were, suddenly jostling each other over which could produce more fuel-efficient vehicles...
...tale of two parking lots
...dignified pep rally: Bill Daley, suddenly, "in his short time here... seems to have significantly revived the once flagging morale of the Democratic campaign, both in Nashville and beyond." Gimme an A, Kevin Sack. WP leads section with another in "The Life of Al Gore" series - a Nakashima/Maraniss tale of Gore's near-obsessive responsiveness to his Tennessee constituents...
...have to wonder how serious she was. The man she was promising to marry, after all, was poised to inherit a powerful political legacy. But the story, as Bush tells it, is a comforting tale; it assures everyone listening that a Bush presidency will not be a policy partnership...