DOUBLE DEALING
Mr. Fred Carter stood on the spacious common, inhaling
with all the joy of the holiday-making Londoner the
salt smell of the sea below, and regarding with some
interest the movements of...
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W. W. Jacobs, remembered today almost exclusively for his horror story "The Monkey's Paw" (The Lady of the Barge, 1902), was one of the most popular English humorists of the early twentieth century. H...
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Singer Toni Braxton has settled her multimillion-dollar lawsuit against her former personal manager, representatives of both parties said.Under the settlement, the artist is free to pursue new proj...
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Toni Braxton has settled her multimillion-dollar lawsuit against her former personal manager, representatives of both parties said.Under the settlement, the 39-year-old R&B singer is free to pu...
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War On Terror: That Pakistan's president is in secret talks with an exiled pro-Western leader to share political power is welcome news. It offers hope that his double-dealing with militants will en...
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Latin America: It wasn't as splashy at some other parts of President Bush's Southern Hemisphere tour, but the businesslike tone of his final stop, with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, holds prom...
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Some coaches get so good at shading the truth they occasionally lose sight of it themselves. At some point, with some guys, it becomes an occupational hazard. Billy Donovan, to cite the latest exam...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:
THE FEAR OF FEAR ITSELF (The New York Times, New York)
It was appalling to watch over the last few days as Congress -
now led by Democrat...
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God having lavished so much on the exterior, Natalie Portman doesn't deserve an inner life. Only a supernal emptiness could do her justice, and might spare her from the ravages visited on her one t...
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Five days after D-Day, Winston Churchill got this message from Stalin: "My colleagues and I cannot but admit that the history of warfare knows no other like undertaking from the point of view of it...
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The United Nations’ longest-running saga, the oil-for-food imbroglio, reached a critical point when Paul Volcker issued his final report on the tawdry episode. His findings may now lead to th...
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The United Nations’ longest-running saga, the oil-for-food imbroglio, reached a critical point when Paul Volcker issued his final report on the tawdry episode. His findings may now lead to t...
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Double Dealing
W(illiam) W(ymark) Jacobs
Singer Toni Braxton settles lawsuit
