The Washington Post back issues from Sunday, December 2:
Military Cadences; Why American soldiers in Iraq read Wallace Stevens.
Dec 02, 2007 ... SOLDIER'S HEART Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point By Elizabeth D. Samet Farrar Straus Giroux. 259 pp. $23 This past August, when U.S.News & World Report published its 2008 college rankings, many of myhumanities colleagues here at the Naval Academy ...
Washington Area Bestsellers
Dec 02, 2007 ... Paperback Fiction 1 THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH (NAL, $24.95) By Ken Follett. Political realities aid and hinder a cathedral'sconstruction in 12th-century England.4 2 LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA (Vintage, $14.95) By Gabriel Garcia Marquez. True love is boundless in ...
ABC, by David Plante (Panth ...
Dec 02, 2007 ... ABC, by David Plante (Pantheon). A daring and oddly exhilaratingexploration of grief. -- Elizabeth Hand After Dark, by Haruki Murakami; translated from the Japanese byJay Rubin (Knopf). Short, hypnotically eerie, full of noirishforeboding. It keeps ratcheting up the suspense. ...
Agent Zigzag, by Ben Macinty ...
Dec 02, 2007 ... Agent Zigzag, by Ben Macintyre (Harmony). The amazing story of aprofessional criminal who became a double agent during World War II.-- Patrick Anderson Alexis de Tocqueville, by Hugh Brogan (Yale). Brogan'sachievement is monumental. He wears his learning lightly. -- Joseph J ....
Holiday Gift Ideas
Dec 02, 2007 ... Looking for a lavish gift book for the holidays? We've picked some of the standouts andhighlighted them on The Washington Post's ...
Imagining the Holidays
Dec 02, 2007 ... "IF YOU COULD SPEND A HOLIDAY WEEK AS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER,WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY?" Some well-known authors revealtheir surprising choices. The Prince in Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince I've been grieving over a sweetheart I just lost -- my dog ....
Though I walk in the vale of death's shadow. . .
Dec 02, 2007; ... THE BOOK OF PSALMS A Translation with Commentary By Robert Alter Norton. 518 pp. $35 Readers of the Psalms -- perhaps the mostcomforting of all the books of the ancient Hebrew scriptures -- turn to these "songs of David" in times of both trouble andcelebration ....
The Reading Life; A natural storyteller reveals his boyhood salvation -- books.
Dec 02, 2007; ... When I was 12, two things happened that made me a writer. Ishoplifted a book of poems from a department store a few days beforeChristmas, and my cousin Roger drowned in Lake Minnetonka the weekhe graduated from high school in Minneapolis. He was 17, a quietslender boy with a sweet smile ....
Heroes Are People, Too
Dec 02, 2007 ... HEROES From Alexander the Great And Julius Caesar To Churchill and De Gaulle By Paul Johnson HarperCollins. 299 pp. $25.95 "Once, when I was giving a historylesson to the late Princess Diana, wife of the Prince of Wales,"writes Paul Johnson in a ...
December 3-9, 2007
Dec 02, 2007 ... 7 P.M. Poets featured in the new anthology Echoes: Voices fromPrince George's County Poets, including J. Joy Matthews Alford,Steve M. Buter, Spencer L. Duffy and Susan Levy, read from theirwork at the Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park Ave.,Chevy Chase, Md. This event, part ...
The 10 Best of the Year; our editors and critics choose the top books of 2007
Dec 02, 2007 ... Fiction Finn, by Jon Clinch (Random House). Huck not only finds Pap, butHuck is half black -- a daring invention, to be sure, but also abrilliant embodiment of the liminal spot in which he lives, thatchaotic Missouri boundary between freedom and slavery. -- Ron Charles ...
A.Van Jordan writes books of ...
Dec 02, 2007; ... A.Van Jordan writes books of poetry that approach a subject theway a filmmaker or nonfiction writer might. His new book has auseful "Selected Bibliography," and many of the poems are headed byscreenwriting categories such as "Flashback" and "Cut To." The material includes American ...
A critic's favorite books of 2007.
Dec 02, 2007; ... Ten books on my list this year, four fiction and six nonfiction.It's not surprising that all but one of the nonfiction selectionshave to do with American history, as my interest in the subjectgrows ever greater as I, well, grow ever older. It's probably a bitmore surprising that three of ...
Longing to Belong; A Foster Child Finds Family in an Unlikely Place
Dec 02, 2007; ... For Sissy Spacek, the story of a woman with Alzheimer's and alonely girl's struggle in foster care "is really about findinghome." Spacek stars in "Pictures of Hollis Woods," a Hallmark Hall ofFame movie based on the children's book of the same name by PatriciaReilly Giff. The ...
An Affair Fantastique; The story of doomed romance behind Hector Berlioz's music.
Dec 02, 2007 ... SYMPHONY By Jude Morgan St. Martin's. 374 pp. $24.95True story: In 1827 a young Frenchcomposer went to see two Shakespeare plays at the Odeon in Paris:"Hamlet" and "Romeo and Juliet." He fell instantly and passionatelyin love with the Irish actress who played both Ophelia ...
An Update That's All Heart
Dec 02, 2007; ... Forget that shiny yellow brick road and think more along thelines of a road less traveled -- darker, edgier, modern, butsomewhat familiar. Taking on the iconic "Wizard of Oz" was done with a great deal ofawe and respect, said Craig Van Sickle and Steven Long Mitchell, ...
Younger Muslims Tune In to Upbeat Religious Message
Dec 02, 2007; ... Muna el-Leboudy, a 22-year-old medical student, had a terriblesecret: She wanted to be a filmmaker. The way she understood herMuslim faith, it was haram -- forbidden -- to dabble in movies,music or any art that might pique sexual desires. Then one day in September, she flipped ...
What to Watch
Dec 02, 2007 ... Sunday: MR. WARMTH: THE DON RICKLES PROJECT 8 p.m. on HBO His nickname is as sarcastic as his wit. This new documentarytraces the lengthy career of Don Rickles, 81, including clips fromhis movie appearances and interviews with Rickles's Hollywoodcolleagues, including ...
Story by Dana Priest and Anne ...
Dec 02, 2007 ... Story by Dana Priest and Anne Hull | ...
U.S. Tops Russia to Rule the Tennis World
Dec 02, 2007 ... Andy Roddick was loud, proud and reflective after helping theUnited States win its first Davis Cup title since 1995. "To be here and to bring the Cup back to the States is just anamazing feeling," he said. "But more importantly, just to share thejourney with these guys, it's been ...
Event Blends Music, Screening; Go-Go Concert Targeting Area Teens Is Free With HIV Test
Dec 02, 2007; ... As dozens of teenagers swayed and shimmied to the throb of a go-go band on a District dance floor yesterday, a handful crammed ontobenches nearby, silent and fidgeting as they waited to be tested forHIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Admission to hear the lineup of local go-go music ...
Now What? With the top two teams in the country losing on the same weekend for the third time this season, Ohio State will play for the national championship against one of these teams.
Dec 02, 2007 ... Case For: The Sooners just beat the No. 1 team in the country ona neutral field. Case Against: Mediocre schedule is reflected in computerrankings. Case For: The Trojans, battered by injuries in both losses, arehealthy now and rolling. Case Against: One of its losses ...
WORLD IN BRIEF
Dec 02, 2007 ... SUDAN Two British Parliament members met officials in Sudan on Saturdayto try to secure the release of a British teacher imprisoned fornaming a teddy bear Muhammad, and they said later that the Khartoumgovernment wants to resolve the case. Sayeeda Warsi and Nazir Ahmed, ...
Capitals102 -- 3Hurricanes121 ...
Dec 02, 2007 ... Capitals102 -- 3Hurricanes121 -- 4 FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, Washington, Ovechkin 18 (Nylander), 2:35 (pp). 2,Carolina, Stillman 13 (Staal, Walker), 9:50. Penalties: Walker, Car(hooking), 2:33; Nylander, Was (hooking), 4:58; Steckel, Was(hooking), 10:22; LaRose, Car (hooking), ...
Title Slips Away; Missouri's Loss Ends BCS Dream
Dec 02, 2007 ... Oklahoma 38, Missouri 17 The championship dream finally died for No. 1 Missouri. No. 9 Oklahoma rushed for three touchdowns, quarterback SamBradford threw for two more and the Sooners coolly captured theirfifth Big 12 title since 2000 by upending the upstart Tigers, ...
The Benefits of Breaking With the Status Quo
Dec 02, 2007; ... There are two things on my mind this week. The first concerns amatter of importance to the Washington area, where for the past 90years men have ruled the automotive retail roost through theWashington Area New Automobile Dealers Association. WANADA, a 225-member group, is a ...
Orange Doesn't Get Any Sweeter for Virginia Tech
Dec 02, 2007; ... Virginia Tech 30, Boston College 16 -- You could smell the oranges on the Virginia Tech sideline.Chris Ellis bit into one, peel and all, and let the juice drip downhis chin. Justin Harper mugged for a pair of cameras, squeezing twooranges as juice poured on the grass ....
WEEK IN REVIEW; Nov. 25-Dec. 1
Dec 02, 2007 ... Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rheesaid they plan to close 24 schools as part of their overhaul of theschool system. They said that schools were chosen based onenrollment and population trends and that the proposal was developedwith the help of public-policy ...
Coming Thursday in the Extra
Dec 02, 2007 ... Arts & Technology Public Charter School is the first in the cityto integrate ...
Vigil Honors Student Killed in Crash; Classmates Recall 'Amazing Friend'
Dec 02, 2007; ... To honor Stephanie Weir, her classmates thought, it would be onlynatural to flock to the field hockey grounds where she spent some ofthe happiest days of her 15-year life. More than 300 Thomas Stone High School students stood silently onthe field Thursday night, holding candles and ...
Tunnel Loses Backers as Landowners Unite for Growth
Dec 02, 2007; ... Tysons Corner property owners along the route of the long-soughtextension of Metrorail to Dulles International Airport have createda coalition to launch a public campaign to secure federal fundingfor the project and increase development in the area. The consortium, called Tysons ...
Broadband Extends Reach in Loudoun
Dec 02, 2007; ... As many as 9,000 Loudoun County residents and businesses -- most in the rural west -- do not have the option of subscribing tobroadband Internet service, a county technology official said thispast week. But the number of people who must depend on dial-up orless-reliable satellite ...
Parents Fear Adoption Limbo; Guatemala Expected to Revise Standards, Distressing U.S. Families
Dec 02, 2007; ... A year after Guatemala's emergence as the second-largest foreignsource of babies for adoption to the United States, a new push bythe Guatemalan government to wrest control of the process fromprivate agencies has stirred an emotional backlash from thousands ofprospective adoptive parents ...
DR G's TIPS
Dec 02, 2007 ... Whitehurst Stays Readers anxious about the future of the Whitehurst Freeway, whichsome regard as an eyesore but others see as an important link todowntown Washington, asked me to report D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty'sposition on whether it should be torn down. The Whitehurst will ...
A Patient Prosecuted; Doctors at Walter Reed Say She Has a Mental Disorder. Army Superiors Say That's Just an 'Excuse' for Her Actions.
Dec 02, 2007 ... In a nondescript conference room at Walter Reed Army MedicalCenter, 1st Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside listened last week as an Armyprosecutor outlined the criminal case against her in a preliminaryhearing. The charges: attempting suicide and endangering the life ofanother soldier while serving ...
Targeting Bias, if Not the Bottom Line
Dec 02, 2007; ... Al Szekely and Dawn Henderson, an unlikely pair, are regulars atthe tables in front of the Tenleytown Starbucks. Dawn gets thecoffee. Al provides the stories. Together, they haven't yet solvedthe world's problems, but they're working on it. Or at least they were, until the ...
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Dec 02, 2007 ... Capitals101 -- 2Panthers001 -- 1 FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, Washington, Pothier 2 (Ovechkin), 3:53. Penalties:Bouwmeester, Fla (hooking), 11:19; Allen, Fla (holding), 15:38. SECOND PERIOD Scoring: None. Penalties: Semin, Was (hooking), 8:23; Ovechkin,Was ...
Ovechkin Takes a Shot, And Somehow It Goes In; 'Lucky Goal' Ricochets Into the Net as Capitals End Skid
Dec 02, 2007 ... Capitals 2, Panthers 1 -- Alex Ovechkin has scored many highlight reel-worthy goals inhis career. His go-ahead goal from a severe angle that gave the WashingtonCapitals a 2-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday nightwas not one of them. Ovechkin scored his ...
Rebel Captive Writes Of Lost Hope, Health; Ex-Colombian Candidate Held Since 2002
Dec 02, 2007; ... A former presidential candidate held by Marxist rebels describesin an emotional letter how she has lost her hair, appetite and hopeafter nearly six years constantly on the move in Colombia's jungles. The letter, along with videos released by government officialsFriday, were the ...
Friday's Results at Phila. ...
Dec 02, 2007 ... Friday's Results at Phila. 85 Washingtn 84 at Toronto 91 Cleveland 82 New Orleans 92 at Atlanta 86 at New York 91 Milwaukee 88 Boston 95 at Miami 85 San Antnio 106 at Minnesta 91 at Dallas 91 Portland 80 at Phoenix 110 ...
Scootering Through Europe, A Mouse on the Motorway
Dec 02, 2007; ... I was spitting dust, my face was burning after days in the sun'sglare, and the dead insects plastered on my windscreen were too manyto count. But the satisfaction of crossing 1,680 miles of Europe fromLondon to Helsinki on a motor scooter was sweet as well -- thebest part being ...
Imported Chinese Goods Hobble Portugal; Nation Slow to Adapt To Modern Economics
Dec 02, 2007; ... Down one of the narrow, cobbled streets that lend Lisbon itsantique flavor, a little piece of old Europe is feeling a modernpinch. Some of Portugal's most famous painters have shopped at the CasaFerreira, a fine-arts supply store nestled for the past 80 years ina thick-walled, ...
In Sunny Maldives, the Shadow of Terror; September Blast Illustrated Growth of Radical Islam in South Asian Tourist Mecca
Dec 02, 2007; ... While vacationing tycoons and bikini-clad Hollywood superstarsblissfully sipped drinks on the Maldives' secluded white beaches, anIslamic revolution fueled by preachers trained in Pakistan and theMiddle East was brewing. On Sept. 29, the two faces of the Maldives collided when ...
Computer Data Recovery a Relief to Some Disaster Victims
Dec 02, 2007; ... As floodwaters filled their basement, Larry and Nancy MacLennanhastily moved their computer to the first floor before evacuating.But the water continued to rise, eventually filling most of the two-story house and submerging the computer for hours. For the next several days, the ...
A School's Enormous Challenge; Arizona State University Believes Bigger Really Is Better
Dec 02, 2007; ... Like the state it serves, Arizona State University is big,bustling and relentlessly new. If colleges were countries, most would resemble the developednations of the West: stable, working to improve but changing onlygradually and growing slowly, if at all. Arizona State ...
Healthful Meals Go Down Well, Schools Study Finds
Dec 02, 2007; ... A University of Minnesota study has found that school lunch salesdo not decline when more healthful meals are served and that morenutritious lunches do not necessarily cost more. "The conventional wisdom that you can't serve healthier mealsbecause kids won't eat them is false," ...
Tysons Tunnel Loses Backers As Landowners Unite for Growth
Dec 02, 2007; ... Tysons Corner property owners along the route of the long-soughtextension of Metrorail to Dulles International Airport have createda coalition to launch a public campaign to secure federal fundingfor the project and increase development in the area. The consortium, called Tysons ...
Chile's Flourishing Fish Farms Prompt Fears for Ecosystem; Methods of Salmon Industry Threaten The Very Purity It Vaunts, Critics Say
Dec 02, 2007; ... Newcomers to Patagonia can't even make it out of the airport herewithout encountering a stunning view of sparkling Lake Llanquihue,with the snow-peaked cone of Osorno volcano rising in thebackground. It's a huge photograph hanging in the terminal, actually, and thebuoys pictured ...
USC Wins Pac-10 Title; Ariz. St. Edges Arizona
Dec 02, 2007 ... Southern California is Rose Bowl-bound again thanks to anotherlate-season surge capped by a convincing victory over its biggestrival. UCLA, meantime, might soon be making a coaching change. John David Booty passed for 206 yards and one touchdown, USCrushed for another 231 ...
Inflation Is Growing Worry for Taiwanese; Leaders Are Feeling Consumers' Wrath
Dec 02, 2007; ... The stout man in a blue apron handed out discounted fried doughstuffed with minced green scallions to Taiwanese office workers in aback alley lined with low-priced eateries. "Prices of everything from soybean oil to flour to scallions haveskyrocketed," said Tsai Hui-ming. "I have ...
2 MINUTE DRILL
Dec 02, 2007 ... 2 Touchdown passes from Arundel's Nick Elko to Brandon Johnson-Farrell yesterday, which broke Maryland single-season records forboth. Elko has 40 TD passes and Johnson-Farrell 21 TD catches. 4 Virginia AAA semifinal victories for Northern Virginia teamsyesterday. This ...
Iraq War Deaths Total number ...
Dec 02, 2007 ... Total number of U.S. military deaths and names of the U.S. troopskilled recently in the Iraq war, as announced by the Pentagon: 3,879 Fatalities In hostile actions: 3,161 In non-hostile ...
Barely Peeling Off Wins
Dec 02, 2007 ... Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 8:15 p.m. WRC-4, WBAL-11 9 Times the road team has won in the past 10 meetings between theBengals and Steelers All season in college football, uneasy has lainthe head that wears the No. 2 ranking. The NFL hasn't had quite asmuch turmoil, but ...
U.S. Envoy, After Tour of Iraq, Seeks End to Political Impasse
Dec 02, 2007; ... The Bush administration, concerned that recent security gains inIraq may be undermined by continuing political gridlock, is pushingthe Iraqi government to complete long-delayed reform legislationwithin six months. "Some will tell you, 'No problem,' " Deputy Secretary of StateJohn ...
A Daunting 3 Weeks Ahead for Congress; Amid Campaigning, Major Bills Call
Dec 02, 2007; ... Congress returns to Washington on Monday with a full slate ofmust-do legislation, just three short weeks before the Christmasrecess and with four members of the slim Democratic Senate majoritylikely to miss votes as they campaign for president. The lawmakers' to-do list would be ...
NATION IN BRIEF
Dec 02, 2007 ... TAMPA -- A University of South Florida student charged withtrying to aid terrorists says the alleged explosives found in hispossession were just cheap fireworks that could travel only a fewfeet, according to a court filing. Ahmed Mohamed said he made the fireworks, called "sugar ...
Garrard, Jags Playing It Safe
Dec 02, 2007 ... Jacksonville at Indianapolis 1 p.m. 18 Plays on the longest drive in team history. The Jaguars have hadan 18-play drive three times; David Garrard has led all three (twothis year, one in 2002). Jaguars QB David Garrard is avoidingthrowing interceptions like the ...
Campbell Conducts Himself Perfectly; Senior Scores Two Touchdowns to Lead Midshipmen to Sixth Straight Win Over Army
Dec 02, 2007; ... By the end of the 108th Army-Navy game on Saturday in Baltimore,5-foot-6 senior Reggie Campbell was towering over the proceedings.Campbell finished with 227 total yards and two touchdowns in Navy's38-3 victory before a sellout crowd of 71,610 at M&T Bank Stadium inBaltimore. His ...
THE LOTTERIES; November 30
Dec 02, 2007 ... Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 7-6-3 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 3-2-2-4 Lucky Numbers: 0-1-1 D.C. 4: 2-2-2-0 Rolling Cash 5: 3-7-8-19-31 Daily 6: 7-12-16-18-26-30 *27 Day/Pick-3: 2-2-4 Pick-4: ...
MIAMI (-11/2) over N.Y. Jets ...
Dec 02, 2007 ... MIAMI (-11/2) over N.Y. Jets As a Jets fan, I will be rooting hard for the team to beat an as-yet-winless arch rival. But as a Jets fan, I am also resigned tothat fact that this is exactly the kind of game they tend to lose -- one that inflicts more than the usual amount of ...
BB& T Classic | All games at Verizon Center and on MASN
Dec 02, 2007 ... George Washington vs. Auburn When: 2:30 p.m. Records: Colonials 2-2; Tigers 3-1. Radio: WWWT (107.7 FM, 1500 AM), WWWB (820 AM). George Mason vs. East Carolina When: 5 p.m ....
HONORS
Dec 02, 2007 ... Former Washington Post executive editor Benjamin C. Bradleereceived the French Legion of Honor, the highest award given by theFrench government, at a ceremony Saturday in Paris. The French president's diplomatic adviser, Jean-David Levitte,called Bradlee "a faithful friend of ...
'Flat-Out Nightmare' For No. 2 W. Virginia
Dec 02, 2007; ... Pittsburgh 13, West Virginia 9 -- More than 60,000 delirious West Virginia fans entered MilanPuskar Stadium for what they hoped would be a Saturday eveningcoronation. What they witnessed instead was a performance that onlymade sense this season, when the only guarantee is ...
Woman Killed With Sword In Clinton Karate Studio
Dec 02, 2007 ... A man killed his wife yesterday inside a karate studio in PrinceGeorge's County with what was described as a sword, county policesaid. A county police spokesman said the killing occurred about 2: 30p.m. in a facility in the 7400 block of Old Alexandria Ferry Road inthe Clinton ...
To Lose Weight, Make a Run for It
Dec 02, 2007 ... Late fall and winter are typically quiet months for running andracing, but that is changing. On Thanksgiving day, turkey trots inBethesda, Alexandria, Arlington, Centreville, Laurel and Columbiatotaled more than 13,000 finishers, with several of the eventsboasting record ...