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...coming weeks, and that's schoolteacher Winterbottom continuing the family tradition by waking his daughter, 8-year-old Isabella, for the All Black telecasts. All over New Zealand, huddled families will be praying that a historical anomaly will be dispatched along with a nation's frustration. And yes, the kids may even be allowed to break a household rule...
While $12 million may not sound like much to you and your hedge-fund bonus, remember that in dog dollars that's $84 million. People are calling me the Bill Gates of dogs, but that doesn't even begin to capture it. Yes, I'm the richest dog in the world, but the second richest dog in the world has zero dollars...
Taken literally, these sentences are inane. The second is an overstatement, and the answer to the first is obvious. Fortunately, the hearer assumes that the speaker is rational and listens between the lines. Yes, your point is to request the salt, but you're doing it in such a way that first takes care to establish what linguists call "felicity conditions," or the prerequisites to making a sensible request. The underlying rationale is that the hearer not be given a command but simply be asked or advised about one of the necessary conditions for passing the salt. Your goal...
...version of Realpolitik raises the essential question about Iraq, the one that should have been asked before the invasion: Can the U.S. impose Western niceties-democracy, a constitution, a national army-on a noncountry divided into tribes and sects and family dynasties? My guess is that Petraeus might say yes and Crocker might say no, but that both would agree the U.S. does have a role in mediating the mayhem as the Iraqis stumble toward their own solutions. The general comes to this moment more optimistic than the ambassador, which is why Crocker should be listened to more closely. When...
...quest: to reconnect with his brothers Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman). They've met in India, on a long train trip, for what Francis hopes will be a three-way spiritual quest. "I want us to be completely open," he tells Peter and Jack, "and say yes to everything, even if it's shocking and painful." OK, then, Peter has an open question for Francis: "What happened to your face...