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"1945" by Newt Gingrich , Baen Books, 1995 (the unrevised, pre-publication version): Suddenly the pouting sex kitten gave way to Diana the Huntress. She rolled onto him and somehow was sitting athwart his chest, her knees pinning his shoulders. 'Tell me, or I will make you do terrible things,' she hissed." . . .
"Can't it wait just a little while?" he panted, suddenly wanting her very much.
"If you promise faithfully. . . ."
"I promise. Everything!" She was truly an artist.
His next coherent words were, "We're making this new kind of bomb."
Rating: FOUR
Separated at Birth?
The man on the left holds the nation's fate in his hands. The man on the right holds the nation's fate in his hands. The man on the left graduated from Harvard in 1975; the one on the right graduated from Harvard in 1975. Are you getting chills? We are! However, archival evidence (from their college yearbook) reassures us they are likely two different people: The Federal Reserve nominee had a cool biker 'stache; the homeland security secretary did not.
Readers Tell Us
What a week! You all had a lot to share. First, Charles and Camilla -- and all we can say is ouch! Lotta anger out there. Much of the criticism of the Duchess of Cornwall was so sexist, ageist, lookist that we're not going to revisit it. But one Web chatter from Washington articulated her grudge reasonably: "It is the fact that the mistress somehow 'won.' She may be a nice person . . . but I just can't get past that."
After we reported on how Sam Alito 's undergraduate thesis had gone missing from the Princeton archives, we asked someone to 'splain this thesis thing to a coupla reg'lar state school folks. A dozen of you dutifully sent detailed explanations of Ivy League curricular requirements, to which we can only respond: We didn't mean it. Sorry! You kids totally break our hearts.
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Vince writes:
OUTSTANDING WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You've tied your record in today's column: FIVE!!!!! Count 'em, FIVE!!!!! Exclamation Points. Can't WAIT to see what happens when the Royalty's in town!
Readers Tell Us
What a week! You all had a lot to share. First, Charles and Camilla -- and all we can say is ouch! Lotta anger out there. Much of the criticism of the Duchess of Cornwall was so sexist, ageist, lookist that we're not going to revisit it. But one Web chatter from Washington articulated her grudge reasonably: "It is the fact that the mistress somehow 'won.' She may be a nice person . . . but I just can't get past that."
After we reported on how Sam Alito 's undergraduate thesis had gone missing from the Princeton archives, we asked someone to 'splain this thesis thing to a coupla reg'lar state school folks. A dozen of you dutifully sent detailed explanations of Ivy League curricular requirements, to which we can only respond: We didn't mean it. Sorry! You kids totally break our hearts.
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Vince writes:
OUTSTANDING WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You've tied your record in today's column: FIVE!!!!! Count 'em, FIVE!!!!! Exclamation Points. Can't WAIT to see what happens when the Royalty's in town!
