The Washington Post back issues from Sunday, July 6:
The Lincoln Bedroom; Abe and Mary were a powerful couple. But were they a power couple? [Correction 7/17/08]
Jul 06, 2008 ... THE LINCOLNS Portrait of a Marriage By Daniel Mark Epstein Ballantine. 559 pp. $28Americans have long been fascinated by thecontrasting characters of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln: the lanky,lugubrious, long-faced man and the woman who described herself as a"ruddy ...
Washington Area Bestsellers
Jul 06, 2008 ... Paperback Fiction 1 STEP ON A CRACK (Vision, $9.99) By James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge. A throng of dignitaries iskidnapped by terrorists.5 2 THE SHACK (Windblown, $14.99) By William P. Young. A father's faith is challenged after theabduction and murder of ...
Longing and Belonging; A fragile family confronts the tragedy of addiction.
Jul 06, 2008 ... COST By Roxana Robinson Sarah Crichton/Farrar Straus Giroux. 420 pp. $25 Cost will get tagged immediately as that story about heroinaddiction, but what's best about Roxana Robinson's scarily goodnovel has nothing to do with opiates. Oh, she's done her homeworkwell, ...
The Hippest Duo in Berlin
Jul 06, 2008 ... SLUMBERLAND By Paul Beatty Bloomsbury. 241 pp. $24.99In Paul Beatty's new comic novel, anAfrican American man known to the Los Angeles club crowd as DJDarky, has a "phonographic memory" (he never forgets a sound). He'srecently composed the perfect beat, a beat by which all ...
One world is never enough in these four novels.
Jul 06, 2008; ... It takes a while for Jeanette Winterson to address head-on thegrave task she has set herself in The Stone Gods, which is to mournthe end of a planet very much like Earth. Her initial problem is asimple failure common to many literary writers who think that,because science fiction is ...
ON THE COVER
Jul 06, 2008 ... A soldier tries to retrieve a flag during a ...
The Activist; A writer sacrifices his career as he fights to preserve a remote Montana valley.
Jul 06, 2008 ... WHY I CAME WEST By Rick Bass Houghton Mifflin. 238 pp. $24 In November 1995, the Nigerianwriter and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed by the Abacha regimefor campaigning against the devastation of the Niger Delta by oilcompanies. Saro-Wiwa had intuited that his activism ...
Dr. Strangelove's Workplace; How a secretive think tank waged the Cold War and affected us all.
Jul 06, 2008 ... SOLDIERS OF REASON The RAND Corporation and The Rise of the American Empire By Alex Abella Harcourt. 388 pp. $27 Americans of a certain age, those who remember the Cold War, willdoubtless be familiar with the RAND Corporation, the think tank insunny ...
Now that Barack Obama is the ...
Jul 06, 2008; ... Now that Barack Obama is the nominee and has met his formeropponent in Unity, N.H., it seems proper to introduce TerranceHayes, a modest young genius whose poems evoke the kind of unityObama is angling for. Hayes didn't grow up in any mythic "post-racial" America, but his high school was ...
Restoring America's Ideals; A Democrat laments Bush's foreign policy but embraces the goal of spreading liberty.
Jul 06, 2008 ... ARK OF THE LIBERTIES America and the World By Ted Widmer Hill and Wang. 355 pp. $25 "The United States stand at thismoment at the summit of the world," Winston Churchill said in 1945."I rejoice that this should be so. Let them act up to the level oftheir power and ...
Letters; Poetic Licenses
Jul 06, 2008 ... In two of her recent Poet's Choice columns, Mary Karr makesassertions that cannot go unchallenged. In the June 8 issue of BookWorld, she states that "William Matthews beat brain cancer" beforesubmitting to a heart attack in 1997. It was Matthews's wife,Patricia, who beat brain cancer ....
July 7-13, 2008
Jul 06, 2008 ... 6:30 P.M. Mike Gravel, a former two-term senator from Alaska(known for his release of the controversial Pentagon Papers),discusses and signs A Political Odyssey: The Rise of AmericanMilitarism and One Man's Stop to Fight It (written with Joe Lauria),at Busboys and Poets (D.C.), 2021 14th ...
How to submit your literary calendar event to book world
Jul 06, 2008 ... All submissions must be received no later than 14 days prior tothe Sunday you wish the item to appear. Priority will be given toliterary events that are free and open to ...
Innocents Abroad; The U.S. failed to recognize the significance of the radical Islamists.
Jul 06, 2008 ... A CHOICE OF ENEMIES America Confronts the Middle East By Lawrence Freedman PublicAffairs. 601 pp. $29.95 The timing is right for a major newhistory of America's engagement with the contemporary Middle East.Admittedly, key archival documentation remains under lock and ...
The Road Already Taken; How the British colonialists tried to run the Middle East.
Jul 06, 2008 ... KINGMAKERS The Invention of the Modern Middle East By Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac Norton. 507 pp. $27.95The importance of Kingmakers for a wideAmerican audience emerges slowly. At first, the book appears to be aquaint reminiscence of eccentric and often ...
The Power and the Glory; A political thriller that tackles the '60s and all they represent.
Jul 06, 2008 ... PALACE COUNCIL By Stephen L. Carter Knopf. 514 pp. $26.95A cabal of powerful men meets in an EastCoast mansion, sometime between the first chill of the Cold War andthe dawn of the civil rights era. Claret and cigars are served. Themen hatch a secret plan. Mighty forces are ...
Hawaiian Punch; A rich anthology of our 50th state's diverse voices.
Jul 06, 2008 ... HONOLULU STORIES Voice of the Town Through the Years Two Centuries of Writing Edited by Gavan Daws and Bennett Hymer Mutual. 1,119 pp. Paperback, $35The multicultural ferment ofHawaiian life is vividly evident in this door-stopping anthology,which neglects the ...
The Revolution in Art; Russia produced great artists -- and even greater arguments.
Jul 06, 2008 ... THE MAGICAL CHORUS A History of Russian Culture From Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn By Solomon Volkov Translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis Knopf. 333 pp. $30 In 1994, when naked cellists and what-notgraced the stages of Moscow night clubs, the last ...
MICHAEL DIRDA IS ON VACATION. ...
Jul 06, 2008 ... MICHAEL DIRDA IS ON VACATION. He will ...
In a comic novel set in Los Angeles, an average Joe is lured to the seamy side.
Jul 06, 2008; ... SHINING CITY By Seth Greenland Bloomsbury. 307 pp. $24.99Marcus Ripps, the protagonist of SethGreenland's smart, hilarious second novel, is a decent guy spinningthe wheels of his life. He's production manager of Wazoo Toys inNorth Hollywood, a very small part of the very ...
Merrick Fails to Maintain His Momentum
Jul 06, 2008; ... As he moved forward after completing one of the most thrillingrounds of his career, John Merrick felt the high. He walked with abounce in his black shoes. His chest puffed from his collared shirtwith confidence. He didn't want to become too excited about Friday'sperformance, but he ...
AT&T NATIONAL
Jul 06, 2008 ... Defending AT&T National champion K.J. Choi shot a second straight1-over 71 and is 10 shots behind the leader. Choi made three bogeysyesterday but closed with consecutive birdies. He is tied for 45thentering today's final round. Yards Fred Couples drove the ball at No. 18. It was ...
Round 4 Tee Times
Jul 06, 2008 ... No. 1 Tee 10:03Pernice Jr., Stricker, Armour III9:52O'Hern, Overton,Herron9:41Kim, Kresge, Wilson9:30Allenby, Mahan, Jacobson9:18Furyk,Perez, Sheehan9:07Senden, Estes, Couples8:56Cejka, Pampling,Taylor8:45Henry, Van Pelt, Funk8:33McLachlin, Mayfair,Merrick8:22Maggert, Marino, ...
Scoring Average
Jul 06, 2008 ... HoleParAvg.RankNo. 143.8215No. 233.134No. 344.085No. 443.9610No.543.8215No. 644.271No. 732.9212No. 843.6917No ....
Hole of the Day No. 10 | Par 3 | 218 Yards
Jul 06, 2008 ... If Steve Stricker is to make a move in today's final round, itmight start at the turn. Stricker has started the back nine with abirdie 2 in each of the ...
Putts Are a Problem For Fading Marino
Jul 06, 2008; ... Since taking the lead at the AT&T National after the first round,Steve Marino has endured two frustrating days at CongressionalCountry Club. The University of Virginia and W.T. Woodson productfollowed his 5-under-par 65 on Thursday with an unremarkable 70 onFriday. His even-par effort ...
AT&T NATIONAL
Jul 06, 2008 ... 54-hole cut for the AT&T National, with 71 players advancing tothe final round by shooting at least 3 over par. The third roundbegan with 83 players. The top two players from the British Open qualifying money listafter the completion of the AT&T National are exempt for the ...
'Lumpy' Is Getting The Kinks Worked Out
Jul 06, 2008; ... Tim Herron was not about to kick back after shooting a 5-under-par 65 yesterday at the AT & T National. Even though command off thetee and slick putting left him three shots out of first, Herronopted for the practice green rather than repose. A seasoned PGA Tour player who has not ...
Motorboat Explodes, Throwing Woman Into Bay
Jul 06, 2008; ... A 31-year-old Alexandria woman was injured when the motorboat shewas riding in exploded, throwing her into the Chesapeake Bay and prompting a nearby boater to dive into the water to save her. Elizabeth K. Spencer escaped serious injury in what authoritiessay was an accident caused ...
AT&T NATIONAL
Jul 06, 2008 ... Because inclement weather is forecast, players in groups ofthree will tee off from 8 to 10 a.m. at holes 1 and 10. Tournamentorganizers said they are aiming for a 3 p.m. finish to avoid anticipated thunderstorms. Greens in regulation hit in yesterday's third round by Jim ...
Personnel Dept. Angels: RHP C ...
Jul 06, 2008 ... Angels: RHP Chris Bootcheck was activated from the 15-day DL andoutrighted to Class AAA Salt Lake after clearing waivers. Athletics: SS Bobby Crosby went on the 15-day DL with a strainedleft hamstring. Crosby had started Oakland's first 84 games beforehe was sidelined Thursday ....
Athletics' Rich Harden VS. White Sox' John Danks
Jul 06, 2008 ... vs. White Sox (career) BatterABHHRBBSOOBPSLGAVGJim Thome32101.6671.667.667JuanUribe62012.429.333.333Toby Hall72002.286.286.286JermaineDye82001.250.375.250Orlando Cabrera143002.214.214.214JoeCrede121002.083.083.083A.J ....
Yankees' Damon Might Be Headed to DL
Jul 06, 2008 ... Yankees OF Johnny Damon was careful as he got dressed to leavethe ballpark yesterday, wincing from the pain in his left shoulderas he pulled a shirt over his head. One day after he crashed into the left field wall, Damon wasstill holding out hope that he won't have to go on the ...
It's a Cruel Market, and It's Just What We Need
Jul 06, 2008; ... Here's hoping for gasoline at $5 a gallon. May it stay at thatlevel, or higher. That is the only way the current necessary changes occurring inthe North American automobile market will continue. Legislation won't do it. Regulation won't do it. And moralsuasion of the type ...
Dear Tom and Ray: My husban ...
Jul 06, 2008 ... Dear Tom and Ray: My husband recently passed away, and now I must downsize my F-150. I am looking for the best four-cylinder automatic that wouldmeet my needs. I am down to the Ford Focus and Nissan Versa. TheFocus has a slight edge in torque at 136 at 4,250 rpm and horsepowerat ...
Nuts & Bolts; 2009 Lincoln MKS
Jul 06, 2008 ... Complaints: There's too much stuff in the Lincoln MKS, includingelectronic bell tones that make you wonder if you are starting a caror a computer. The power seats are unnecessarily complicated. Theinterior just feels overdone. Ride, acceleration and handling: The MKS feels a bit ...
Trying Too Hard, and Suffering in Comparison
Jul 06, 2008; ... We liked the Lincoln. We loved the Buick. Our emotional intensityis affected by product competence. Put another way: The 2008 BuickLucerne Super, reviewed here last week, trumps today's subject car,the 2009 Lincoln MKS sedan. Purists will regard ours as an ill-considered ...
Prep Star Among Qualifiers for 1,500 Final
Jul 06, 2008; ... Reprinted from yesterday's late editions Her waist-length blond ponytail swung back and forth as shechased a spot in the 1,500-meter finals at the U.S. Olympic trialswith women nearly twice her age. History beckoned, too, and JordanHasay would be denied neither. Standing barely ...
On Starry Night, Torres Shines; Winning 100-Meter Freestyle, 41- Year-Old Mother Qualifies for Her Fifth Olympic Games
Jul 06, 2008; ... Reprinted from yesterday's editions In one moment, the most incredible development Friday night atthe U.S. Olympic swimming trials was, indisputably, Aaron Peirsolstretching out a seemingly endless arm and touching the wall aheadof Ryan Lochte. Last year, Lochte took the world ...
8 Early Runs Lift Orioles To 3rd Place
Jul 06, 2008; ... Orioles 10, Rangers 4 Reprinted from yesterday's late editions So many times this season, the Baltimore Orioles have forcedManager Dave Trembley, and the rest of the observers at Oriole Parkat Camden Yards for that matter, to the edge of their seats. ButFriday, the Orioles ...
Nats Fall to 20 Games Below .500; Bowden Says Team Open to Dealing
Jul 06, 2008; ... Reds 3, Nationals 0 Reprinted from yesterday's late editions With the Washington Nationals' 54th loss of the season just oneout shy of formality, the fans at Great American Ball Park took theopportunity to celebrate a foregone conclusion instead of a win.Just before 5:30 p.m ....
After Showers, Players Clean Up; Pernice Shoots Event-Record 63, Is Tied With Overton for AT&T National Lead
Jul 06, 2008; ... Reprinted from yesterday's late editions Proud old Congressional Country Club took a morning and late-afternoon soaking and an all-day pounding during the second round ofthe AT&T National yesterday. Call it the Black and Blue Course after a day of sublime scoring that featured a ...
Quotable "We made it real e ...
Jul 06, 2008 ... "We made it real easy. They've got a good club, obviously, withthe best record. But we did a lot of things really poorly that madetheir job a little easier." Royals Manager Trey Hillman, after an 11-2 loss to the Rays Athletics: Placed reliever Keith Foulke on the 15-day ...
For Relocated Navajos, Another Shift; As U.S. Project Comes to End, Indian Communities Face New Responsibilities
Jul 06, 2008; ... Unlike most of the vast, impoverished Navajo Nation, in this townall the roads are paved, schools and clinics are a short drive away,and everyone has electricity and running water in their homes. Those modern conveniences are what lured hundreds of Navajofamilies to the "new lands" ...
Once a Boon to Miss. Delta, Catfish Farms Facing Grim Future; Higher Costs Force Layoffs, Closings
Jul 06, 2008; ... Rick Moyer gazes at the sun-charred bottom of the pond next tohis 600-acre catfish farm and shakes his head. Scrambling to staysolvent, Moyer has drained the pond and will till it for row crops. With soaring prices for just about everything needed to raisetheir fish, from fuel to ...
That '500-Year' Flood? Another Is Already Here.; Some Disaster Terms Called Confusing
Jul 06, 2008; ... Fifteen years ago, after the Midwest was swamped with what waspronounced a "100-year" or even a "500-year" flood, some folksfigured they would never again see such a disaster in theirlifetime. Some even dropped their flood insurance. Big mistake. Now, with the region struck ...
States Skeptical of U.S. Abstinence Course; Uncertainties Over Effectiveness, Congressional Funding Among Complaints
Jul 06, 2008; ... The director of a federal abstinence-only education program is aman who sees the glass as half-full. The states participating in the $50 million program have droppedsteadily over the past two years, but Stanley Koutstaal points tothe 28 still in. "Obviously, many states still find ...
Ancient Temple in Cambodia Is Center Of Yet One More Territorial Dispute
Jul 06, 2008; ... -- High on a Cambodian cliff, the Preah Vihear temple hasweathered war and territorial disputes. Now it's at the center of apolitical tug of war in neighboring Thailand. As it has over the centuries, the ancient temple is fuelingnationalist sentiment on both sides of the border. ...
University Says Border Fence Will Divide It From Its Mission; Texas School Embraces Its Binational Status
Jul 06, 2008; ... The steel fence that the U.S. government wants to build along theMexican border would do more than slice through the University ofTexas at Brownsville and cut off the golf course from the rest ofthe school. School officials say it would make a mockery of the very missionof the ...
Big Cats Get Second Chance in S. Africa; Sanctuary Adopts Them From Ill-Equipped Zoo
Jul 06, 2008; ... The wide-eyed lion cub inched slowly to the edge of the woodencrate and stared around him. Then, prompted by a growl from theolder cub behind him, he leaped out onto the grass. Nine cubs, along with one adult lion and a tiger, took theirfirst tentative steps into their new home ...
Loudoun Shows Residents How to Brave the Economic Storm
Jul 06, 2008; ... Guy Johnson is no financial guru. But in the past year, he hashelped nearly 50 Loudoun County families balance their checkbooks,improve credit scores and navigate the foreclosure landscape. Johnson is in charge of the Loudoun Volunteer Financial Council,a program run by the ...
LEADER BOARDPLAYERRD. 3TE ...
Jul 06, 2008 ... LEADER BOARD PLAYERRD. 3TEE TIMEPARTom Pernice Jr.6910:03 a.m.-10SteveStricker6610:03 a.m.-9Tommy Armour III6610:03 a.m.-8NickO'Hern679:52 a.m.-8Jeff Overton719:52 a.m.-8 Full leader board andtee times, ...
On Wet Day, Pernice Doesn't Slip Up
Jul 06, 2008; ... Major moves up the leader board were being made all over thesoggy, steamy grounds at Congressional Country Club yesterday. On acourse soaked by overnight and morning rain, scintillating scoringconditions remained the order of the third day of the AT&T National,with today's final round ...
THE LOTTERIES; July 4
Jul 06, 2008 ... Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 8-5-0 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 2-9-2-4 Lucky Numbers: 5-2-5 D.C. 4: 9-6-6-2 Rolling Cash 5: 3-6-18-27-34 Daily 6: 7-10-15-16-32-39 *6 Day/Pick-3: 5-3-6 Pick-4: ...
Md. Exceeded Bounds on Zoning Issue, Firm Says; Charles Gravel Facility Opinion Was Unsolicited
Jul 06, 2008; ... Officials from one of the region's largest construction-materials firms are crying foul after state planners intervened in aCharles County zoning dispute. In a letter to the Charles commissioners late last month,Stephanie Martins, director of the Maryland Planning ...
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COLLECTION
Jul 06, 2008 ... Among the athletes represented on the sports cards seized by theDrug Enforcement Administration are, clockwise from top left: TyCobb, Hank Aaron, Bobby Hull, Willie Mays, Michael Jordan, JackKemp, Roberto Clemente, Lou Gehrig, Whitey Ford and Joe DiMaggio.Some of the cards confiscated, ...
Reaping Rewards Of Solid SAT Study; Hylton Soars Above Pr. William Average
Jul 06, 2008; ... Amy Weiler, an assistant principal at C.D. Hylton High School inWoodbridge, has noticed a reassuring statistic when she evaluatesthe impact of SAT classes and workshops at her school. Average scores have risen, by fairly large margins, among acertain group of students, she said ....
A Revival of Tribal Tradition to Help Repair Darfur
Jul 06, 2008; ... In the heart of Arab Darfur recently, a who's who of triballeaders lounged under tents in the sand -- sheiks and sultans,umdas and elders, intellectuals, businessmen and spiritual gurus. Inthe dry afternoon heat, the men discussed politics and the conflictin this western region of ...
After Slow Start, Ex-Nat Guillen Putting Up Big Numbers in K.C.
Jul 06, 2008 ... Jose Guillen has been gone from Washington for a year and a halfnow, but he's still plugged in. He talks occasionally with holdoverfriends in the Nationals' clubhouse to get the latest scoop -- which lately, he said, has been a lot of behind-the-scenes intrigueand turmoil -- and he ...
Here are five veterans who have yet to be heard from in 2008, but who could make a major impact on playoff races down the stretch:
Jul 06, 2008 ... 1. Josh Johnson, RHP, Marlins. The surprising Marlins, just twogames back in the NL East entering Friday, could get a huge boostafter the all-star break when the dynamic Johnson -- who went 12-7 for them as a rookie in 2006 -- is expected to return from elbowsurgery. Added bonus: ...
A Stunning Turnaround in Tampa; Losers of 96 Games in 2007, Rays Now Own Baseball's Best Record
Jul 06, 2008; ... And this, folks, is how it's done. (Those of you in Washingtonand Baltimore may want to pay special attention.) You hoard high draft picks. You stockpile young pitching. Youlock up your young stars with long-term contracts. You use the freeagent market not to build your core, but ...
Series To Watch
Jul 06, 2008 ... TWINS AT RED SOX Tomorrow-Wednesday Fenway Park, Boston Two unlikely wild-card chasers ...
3 UP & 3 DOWN
Jul 06, 2008 ... Collin Balester: Nats' RHP prospect wins in big league debut.Injury-plagued team schedules surgery appointment with James Andrewsfor August 2009 just in case. Cowbell: Rays fans, in tradition of Homer Hanky and Thunderstix,turn percussion novelty into stadium must-have. The Rays ...
DEA Holding Some Mighty Fine Cards; Arrest of Physician Puts Prized Rarities in the Hands of Federal Drug Agency
Jul 06, 2008; ... Searching for a 1909 Ty Cobb baseball card, part of the rare T206series printed by the Sweet Caporal Cigarettes company? How about a1938 Goudey card featuring Joe DiMaggio? You may be in luck. They're under federal guard, in the custodyof the federal Drug Enforcement ...
'To Be Busy Helps Them Forget'; Burma's Storm Survivors Cobble Together a Meager Future
Jul 06, 2008 ... Two months after a cyclone savaged the fertile Irrawaddy Delta,in Burma's southwest, the bones of drowning victims still clutterthe muddy banks of waterways. One bamboo stick at a time, survivors in hundreds of flattenedvillages are struggling to rebuild their lives. For shelter, ...