The Washington Post back issues from Sunday, August 24:
Washington Area Bestsellers
Aug 24, 2008 ... Paperback Fiction 1 THE SHACK (Windblown, $14.99) By William P. Young. A father's faith is challenged after theabduction and murder of his daughter.10 2 PLAYING FOR PIZZA (Dell, $7.99) By John Grisham. A disgraced NFL quarterback seeks salvation inthe Italian ...
A Reluctant Master of the Universe; The story of a reporter who decided to try his hand in the business world.
Aug 24, 2008 ... AHEAD OF THE CURVE Two Years at Harvard Business School By Philip Delves Broughton Penguin Press. 283 pp. $25.95 In 2004, the 31-year-old Parisbureau chief of London's Daily Telegraph newspaper, Philip DelvesBroughton, gave up the rigors of daily journalism. Too many ...
A Heavenly Candidate; Would the beatitudes make a good campaign platform?
Aug 24, 2008 ... AMERICAN SAVIOR A Novel of Divine Politics By Roland Merullo Algonquin. 312 pp. $24.95 Given the fawning coverage of BarackObama during this election season, a story about Jesus Christ comingback to Earth and running for president seems almost redundant ....
With a fresh, wry voice, Meg ...
Aug 24, 2008; ... With a fresh, wry voice, Meghan O'Rourke can make the quotidiansound strange, the same way Joseph Cornell could assemble a magicalcollage by pasting magazine clippings into out-of-contextcompositions. In "Descent," the speaker's own birth begins with ametaphoric shock: I was ...
Letters; Don't Worry, Be Happy
Aug 24, 2008 ... Those food alarmists, Paul Roberts and Raj Patel, cheered on byreviewer Judith Weinraub (Book World, Aug. 17), yearn for a returnof victory gardens and lament the failure of our food system. Theygive me indigestion. To hear them tell it, our lives are being shortened and ...
August 25-31, 2008
Aug 24, 2008 ... 7 P.M. Writer and professor Moustafa Bayoumi discusses and signshis new book, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young andArab in America, at Politics and Prose Bookstore, 5015 ConnecticutAve. NW, 202-364-1919. 6 P.M. Betsy Hartmann reads from and signs her new ...
Liquidated; The grisly fate of a true believer.
Aug 24, 2008 ... THE LOST SPY An American in Stalin's Secret Service By Andrew Meier Norton. 402 pp. $25.95 For a brief, intoxicating moment after thefall of communism, Soviet archives were opened to outsiders. Westernacademics and journalists pored over long-secret files. In ...
Rum and Revolution; How the Bacardi family mixed business and politics to build a liquor empire.
Aug 24, 2008 ... BACARDI AND THE LONG FIGHT FOR CUBA The Biography of a Cause By Tom Gjelten Viking. 413 pp. $27.95Drinkers the world round know the nameBacardi means rum, but few non-Cubans know that this globalenterprise was founded -- and is still owned -- by a Cubanfamily ...
Ballot books.
Aug 24, 2008 ... Madam President is a clever picture book portrait of a littlegirl who fantasizes about what it would be like to be president.Attired in a navy pinstripe pantsuit, she blithely floats throughher school day giving executive orders -- "More waffles, please" -- negotiating a treaty ...
NEUROSIS AND FIRE POWER; Satire, shiny visions of the future, superheroics, a parallel world and cartoon-family angst -- there's something for everyone in these graphic fictions.
Aug 24, 2008 ... When Jules Feiffer started drawing a weekly comic strip for theVillage Voice in 1956, its title -- "Sick, Sick, Sick" -- suggested he was way out on the fringes. By the time he finished, 44years later, he'd helped to shape modern satire. "Feiffer," as itquickly became known, didn't ...
This infamous crime was committed by teenagers, killing for kicks.
Aug 24, 2008; ... FOR THE THRILL OF IT Leopold, Loeb and the Murder That Shocked Chicago By Simon Baatz Harper. 541 pp. $27.95 Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were sons of Chicago's Jewisharistocracy, youths -- Leopold was 19 and Loeb 18 -- who hadbeen denied little in ...
If It Please the Court
Aug 24, 2008 ... SUPREME COURTSHIP By Christopher Buckley Twelve. 285 pp. $24.99 The premise of Christopher Buckley's newpolitical comedy, Supreme Courtship, isn't all that far-fetched. Infact, after Fred Thompson's bid to bring law and order to the WhiteHouse, this novel could more ...
Ambassador to China Seeks Release of Americans
Aug 24, 2008 ... The U.S. ambassador to China is pressing Chinese officials toimmediately release eight Americans who were detained for holdingpro-Tibet protests during the Olympic Games. Ambassador Clark T. Randt Jr. said in a statement released Sundaythat the Beijing government should demonstrate ...
Obama Calls His Pick, Biden, Both a Statesman and Fighter
Aug 24, 2008; ... Sen. Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. as his vicepresidential running mate here on Saturday, embracing him as a"statesman with sound judgment" who had never forgotten his humbleroots or lost his fundamental decency. "Joe Biden is that rare mix. For decades, he has ...
A Gateway Or Obstacle To Reviving Baltimore?; Southwestern Site Divides Officials
Aug 24, 2008; ... This report is the last in a series on the five potentiallocations for slot machine gambling in Maryland. The southwestern gateway into Baltimore is hardly an appealingone. Route 295 dumps motorists onto Russell Street, where boarded-upwindows and low-slung industrial ...
The Details
Aug 24, 2008 ... Legal description of potential slots site: "In Baltimore City ina nonresidential area within one-half mile of Interstate 95 andRoute 295, and not adjacent to or within one-quarter mile ofresidential property and on city-owned land." Number of slot machines proposed: 3,750 ...
In Beijing, Tourists Are Dazzled, Daunted; Many Express Uneasiness About Atmosphere of Control
Aug 24, 2008; ... Eager to share his excitement at being in the middle of Beijing'sOlympic splendor, Aaron Price pressed toward the railing of the open-air set of NBC's "Today" show here Friday night, hoping the livebroadcast would beam his face and his "Aaron, Rebecca, China" signto friends and family ...
U.S. Probes Afghan Assertions That Raid Killed 70 Civilians
Aug 24, 2008; ... U.S. military officials said Saturday that they are investigatingallegations by Afghan officials that a U.S.-led bombing raid killedat least 70 civilians in western Afghanistan in the past week. Lt. Col. Rumi Nielson-Green, a spokeswoman for the U.S. military,said 30 Taliban ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Aug 24, 2008 ... STOLEN BASES Taveras, Col 60 YESTERDAY: 1 SB TODAY: vs. Cueto, 0 AB SLUGGING PCT. Pujols, StL ...
Harris Has Deep Impact on Nats' Win; He Shakes Off Sluggishness to Belt Two Homers
Aug 24, 2008; ... Nationals 13, Cubs 5 Reprinted from yesterday's editions At 9 a.m. Friday, just five hours before the start of a game hewould later call the best of his life, an alarm clock ordered WillieHarris out of bed. He felt groggy. Like the rest of the WashingtonNationals, he needed ...
Yankees Rally Late To Beat Orioles
Aug 24, 2008; ... Yankees 9, Orioles 4 Reprinted from yesterday's late editions Some of the Baltimore Orioles prospects are no longer prospects.Thanks to injuries and the team's residence in basement of theAmerican League East, Baltimore has shifted its focus toward nextseason. "We're ...
Twins' Nick Blackburn VS. Angels' Jon Garland
Aug 24, 2008 ... vs. Angels (career) BatterABHHRBBSOOBPSLGAVGJeff Mathis21001.500.500.500HowieKendrick21000.667.500.500Torii Hunter31000.333.333.333Gary MatthewsJr.31001.333.333.333Chone Figgins31010.500.333.333ErickAybar30001.000.000.000Garret ...
A Way of Life Changes at the Border; Some Residents of Vt. Town Unsettled by Homeland Security's Fortification Plan
Aug 24, 2008; ... The changes started coming slowly to this small town where theU.S. border with Canada runs across sleepy streets, through housesand families, and smack down the middle of the shared local library. First was the white, painted lettering on the pavement on threelittle side streets ...
Frequent Fliers' Wings Clipped New Fees, Restrictions
Aug 24, 2008; ... Scott Zaban only flies United Airlines. As a loyal frequentflier, the 33-year-old writer from Northwest Washington is used tobeing pampered with seat upgrades and ticket awards. But like a lot of air travelers, Zaban has been caught off guardby a wave of restrictive changes that ...
In Abandoned Homes, The Remnants of a Life; Firm Finds Bittersweet Niche in Cleaning Up After Foreclosures
Aug 24, 2008; ... Matt Paxton didn't know who used to live at 4404 Eames Ln. inDale City, but he could gather some clues from what was left behind."El Salvador" was scrawled in black marker on a dirty mattress.There was a partially built shed in the back yard. Then there was a composition book in a ...
Coliform Found In Leesburg Water, Spurring Restrictions [Correction 9/4/08]
Aug 24, 2008; ... With its elegant homes and community golf course, you wouldexpect the Raspberry Falls subdivision off Route 15 north ofLeesburg to have lush, green lawns. But many of the yards in the upscale neighborhood of about 150houses have been brown and dry this summer, a result of ...
Escaped Inmate Is Captured In Manassas
Aug 24, 2008; ... Some Manassas residents got an unusual wake-up call Wednesday: Apolice helicopter hovered overhead while K-9 units sniffed theground and patrol cars lined the streets. Authorities were looking for an escaped prisoner, Eric J. Pezely,23. Just before 6 a.m., Pezely had slipped out of ...
Good to the Last Drop
Aug 24, 2008 ... Although gas prices have decreased slightly, the days of cheapgas are probably gone forever. So, we've compiled some informationto help you get the most miles per ...
Switch To a More Fuel-Effic ...
Aug 24, 2008 ... The difference between a car that gets 20 mpg and one that gets30 mpg is about $990 a year (assuming 15,000 miles of drivingannually and a fuel cost of $3.96) ....
Watch Your Driving Habits & ...
Aug 24, 2008 ... Obey the speed limit. Gas mileage usually decreases rapidly atspeeds above 60 mph. Each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like payingan additional $0.30 a gallon for gas. Avoid excessive idling. It wastes gas. Use cruise control. Using cruise control helps maintain aconstant ...
Choice of Biden Fits the Reality If Not the Starry-Eyed Message
Aug 24, 2008; ... Sen. Barack Obama moved to deal with two potential weaknesseswhen he named Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. as his vice presidentialrunning mate Saturday. Biden shores up Obama's inexperience onnational security issues and brings to the ticket a politician eagerto lead the attack against ...
Medal Count Gets Down To Brass Tacks
Aug 24, 2008; ... As Sanya Richards took the baton for the anchor leg of the 4x400-meter relay on Saturday night, she trailed by five yards. Herposition was much like the entire U.S. Olympic team's frustration inthese Games, constantly behind China in gold medals and chafing atits inability to meet its ...
QUOTABLE "Some guys are grip ...
Aug 24, 2008 ... "Some guys are gripping the bat too tight, squeezing sawdust outof it. We have to refocus and get back to playing the game." Angels Manager Mike Scioscia, who held a clubhouse meeting Fridayafter his team's seventh loss in nine games Mariners: LHP Erik Bedard, sidelined since ...
Red Sox 8W: P. Byrd (8-11) L ...
Aug 24, 2008 ... Red Sox 8W: P. Byrd (8-11) L: Marcum (8-6)Blue Jays 4 BostonABRHBIBBSOAVGTotals36811848 -- Ellsbury rf501200.267Pedroia2b412301.320Ortiz dh400011.263Youkilis 1b501002.320Baylf411010.342Lowrie 3b410012.303Varitek c332110.222Corass311101.292Crisp ...
Red Sox' Daisuke Matsuzaka VS. Blue Jays' A.J. Burnett
Aug 24, 2008 ... vs. Blue Jays (career) BatterABHHRBBSOOBPSLGAVGMatt Stairs53011.667.800.600AlexRios145022.438.429.357Lyle Overbay143113.267.429.214VernonWells142011.200.214.143Gregg Zaun81020.300.125.125DavidEckstein30001.000.000.000John ...
Beckett to Miss Tuesday's Start Against Yanks
Aug 24, 2008 ... Red Sox RHP Josh Beckett won't be facing the Yankees on Tuesdayafter skipping a bullpen session yesterday because of continuednumbness and tingling in his pitching arm. Manager Terry Francona said Beckett has "inflammation" in hiselbow and likely won't start again until Friday, ...
Biden's Son, Brother Named in Two Suits
Aug 24, 2008; ... A son and a brother of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) areaccused in two lawsuits of defrauding a former business partner andan investor of millions of dollars in a hedge fund deal that wentsour, court records show. The Democratic vice presidential candidate's son Hunter, 38, ...
A Chronic Criminal Dies, a Stranger to His Children
Aug 24, 2008; ... The three siblings, all grown now, rode up from South Carolina tobury a stranger yesterday, their father. Crack took hold of Nolan T.Cooper nearly 20 years ago, when his son and daughters were little.He left his family for the streets, and they never saw him againalive. They knew ...
A Lot of Thought in a Small Package
Aug 24, 2008; ... The new king of the hill is a subcompact car that has the utilityof a minivan, the attitude of a sports coupe and the fuel economy ofan automobile deemed socially acceptable in an era of high-pricedgasoline. "Socially acceptable" means "good," which is not enough to prompta ...
Tigers 4W: Verlander (10-13) ...
Aug 24, 2008 ... Tigers 4W: Verlander (10-13) L: Bannister (7-13) S: Rodney (6)Royals 3 DetroitABRHBIBBSOAVGTotals3146433 -- Grandersoncf210020.300Polanco 2b401100.310Ordonez rf400000.310MiCabrera1b422200.293CGuillen 3b311010.285Sheffield dh401002.234Joycelf401101.271Inge ...
Houston WR Williams Taken off Field On Stretcher
Aug 24, 2008 ... Reprinted from yesterday's late editions Houston Texans wide receiver Harry Williams was taken off thefield on a stretcher Friday night after being hit in the head duringa collision with a teammate while trying to make a tackle on akickoff return by the Dallas ...
Money for 9/11 Charities Is Drying Up; Aid Groups Find That They Must Adapt or Close, Despite Continued Need
Aug 24, 2008; ... Terry Grace Sears knows she has still has work to do helping thefamilies of Sept. 11 victims, seeing the proof recently on the facesof kids just beginning to open up about their parents' deaths in theterrorist attacks. "This year, some kids were able to express things for the ...
Tower Near Ground Zero Is a Monument to Failure; Toxic Eyesore Still Standing
Aug 24, 2008; ... Every two weeks, firefighters ascend a condemned, black-shroudedskyscraper, checking carefully marked exit signs, a rebuilt watersupply system and wide-open corridors. They wear protective suits onfloors still contaminated by toxic dust from the World Trade Center. A year ago, more ...
Honda's Moment Arrives
Aug 24, 2008; ... Honda could have been a contender. But it settled for being awinner instead. The Japanese automobile manufacturer historically has ranked nearthe middle of the world's top 10 car companies in annual sales,content to earn a living selling mostly small cars with smallengines that ...
In Afghanistan, Ruins Among the Ruins; Under Battle-Scarred Terrain, Looters -- and Now Archaeologists -- Dig Up History
Aug 24, 2008; ... Centuries-old shards of pottery mingle with spent ammunitionrounds on a wind-swept mountainside in northern Afghanistan whereFrench archaeologists believe they have found a vast ancient city. For years, villagers have dug the baked earth on the heights ofCheshm-e-Shafa for pottery ...
Road Rally Takes Its Antics to Capital Of North Korea; Skateboards Welcome; Smartphones Not
Aug 24, 2008; ... Call it skateboard diplomacy. For 16 hours this week, the reclusive North Koreans opened theirdoors to a raucous gang of skateboarders, dot-com moguls, actors,fashion designers, Middle Eastern sheiks and a Playboy Playmate, andlet them party. The globe-trotting crew from ...
QUOTABLE "I'm really excited ...
Aug 24, 2008 ... "I'm really excited. I'm champing at the bit. That's what I haveworked for, to get where I am now." RHP Carl Pavano, who will start for the Yankees tonight againstthe Orioles after elbow ligament replacement surgery and a 14-monthrehab period Blue Jays: Placed OF Brad ...
Players Were Lucky to Have Upshaw as Union Chief
Aug 24, 2008; ... Gene Upshaw had the most difficult job in professional sports.Represent a group of men who had nowhere near the leverage theyfancied against the most ruthless management in the history of theindustry. The head of the NFL Players Association needed to have theintelligence and orneriness ...
The Colt Of Personality
Aug 24, 2008; ... Reprinted from yesterday's late editions A handful of quarterbacks overcame sixth-round selections in theNFL draft to forge decent careers: Mark Rypien, Marc Bulger, MattHasselbeck and some scrawny guy from Michigan whom the Patriotsgambled on. Another who'd like to join that ...
Agency Bolsters Dulles Project; U.S. Officials Give Go-Ahead on Work
Aug 24, 2008; ... Federal officials have offered another signal that a $5.2 billionMetrorail extension to Dulles International Airport is on track toreceive federal funding by the end of the year, giving projectofficials the green light to begin construction in the heart ofTysons Corner. In a ...
Nuts & Bolts; 2009 Honda Fit
Aug 24, 2008 ... Complaint: The new Fit offers electronic stability control, whichhelps prevent steering errors from turning into rollover accidents,as optional equipment on the upscale Fit Sport. Hyundai offerselectronic stability control as standard equipment. Honda shouldfollow Hyundai's very good ...
Dear Tom and Ray:I have ...
Aug 24, 2008 ... Dear Tom and Ray: I have a huge rust spot on my car, a '95 Subaru. It is not reallya rust "spot," but rather a missing part of my car that has rustaround it. I tried to sand it down and put Bondo on it and repaintthe car, and it actually looked pretty good for a while! But ...
LEADERS Totals Do Not Include Yesterday's Games
Aug 24, 2008 ... STOLEN BASES Ellsbury, Bos 41 YESTERDAY: 0 SB TODAY: vs. Burnett, 1-4 SLUGGING PCT. A. Rodrigz, NY ...
SAVES F. Rodriguez, LA ... ...
Aug 24, 2008 ... SAVES F. Rodriguez, LA 48 NEXT: Today vs. Minnesota INNINGS PITCHED Halladay, Tor ...
SAVES Wilson, SF ... 33 NE ...
Aug 24, 2008 ... SAVES Wilson, SF 33 NEXT: Today vs. San Diego INNINGS PITCHED Santana, NY ...
Airlines' New Program Fees
Aug 24, 2008 ... Delta -- SkyMiles -- $25 fuel surcharge on domestic tickets,$50 for international. US Airways -- Dividend Miles -- $25 fee for domestic andCanada tickets, $35 for Mexico and the Caribbean, and $50 for Hawaiiand international. American -- AAdvantage -- $5 ...
Drew Trying to Play Through Back Troubles
Aug 24, 2008 ... Red Sox OF J.D. Drew has a herniated disk in his back, but isoptimistic the pain will subside without a trip to the disabledlist. Drew left an Aug. 17 game with tightness in his lower back andmissed all three games of Boston's recent series in Baltimore. Hewas expected to return ...
THE LOTTERIES; August 22
Aug 24, 2008 ... Mid-Day Lucky Numbers: 9-8-2 Mid-Day D.C. 4: 7-0-3-6 Lucky Numbers: 6-4-4 D.C. 4: 7-1-1-8 Rolling Cash 5: 5-13-16-21-23 Daily 6: 10-17-19-24-26-36 *29 Day/Pick-3: 0-9-9 Pick-4: ...
No. 6 MISSOURI
Aug 24, 2008 ... 2007 record 12-2, beat Arkansas, 38-7, in Cotton Bowl Returning Starters 6 offense, 10 defense Key Game at Texas, Oct. 18 Jeremy Maclin, sophomore wide receiver After suffering a severely torn ACL in his right knee following 7-on-7 drills ...
DR. G'S TIPS
Aug 24, 2008 ... Weekend Getaway People heading to Maryland's Eastern Shore for summer's last gaspcan get the latest on Chesapeake Bay Bridge traffic by calling 877-BAYSPAN or by checking the Bay Bridge Web site, www.baybridge.com.The Web site information includes camera views of the toll ...
Compromise On a Position Needn't Extend To Principles
Aug 24, 2008; ... A s the two parties and the nation prepare for the Olympics ofpolitics, let's pause to see how a master performs one of the mostdaring events. Watch closely now as Ike Leggett, the highest electedofficial in Montgomery County, goes for gold in Evolution of aPrinciple: In 2001, ...
Use of Shoulders Is a Sign of Desperation, Not Progress
Aug 24, 2008; ... Dear Dr. Gridlock: I commute from Warrenton to Rockville every day and was glad toread [Commuter page, Metro, Aug. 10] that the Virginia Department ofTransportation has finally decided to extend the hours we can usethe shoulder lanes on Interstate 66. I'm surprised it has ...
Trying to Prove Link to a Noted Forefather; Woman Has Been Working To Show Kinship to Madison
Aug 24, 2008; ... It's been four years since Bettye Kearse set out to prove a storythat has been handed down through generations of her family: thatshe, an African American, is a direct descendant of founding fatherJames Madison. But after a prolonged attempt to arrange DNA testing with ...
Nationals 13W: Lannan (7-12) ...
Aug 24, 2008 ... Nationals 13W: Lannan (7-12) L: Cotts (0-2)Cubs 5 WashingtonABRHBIBBSOAVGTotals3813131367 -- Bonifacio2b522001.237CGuzman ss411110.295Zimmerman 3b410010.265Milledgecf401102.261Belliard 1b534201.278Langerhans rf100010.241Kearns ph-rf120020.216WHarris lf432611.255Nieves ...
Team Says Young May Be Back This Year
Aug 24, 2008; ... Just after the all-star break, when the Washington Nationalsplaced Dmitri Young on the disabled list, the team offered noindication about when their first baseman might return. The team'ssilence in the following weeks hinted that he might not. But Friday,for the first time since Young ...