IN AMERICAN politics, the flip-flop can be fatal.In 2004, for instance, President Bush dramatically transformed the voters’ view of his Democratic opponent, Sen John F. He directed the university’s program in child development and social policy from 1978 to 1993. “We were doing the same theater course at university,” McLennan says, “and I noticed this [...]

But I’ve got to tell you, the stuff isn’t half bad, particularly if you live in California.The last couple of weeks are a bit of a blur for me, thanks to surgery and the aforementioned anti-anxiety medication, along with a full menu of painkillers, antibiotics and steroids. He hires an acquaintance who is a sailing [...]

I turned out for a recent screening of “The Mark of Zorro” (the one with Tyrone Power, not Antonio Banderas) at the Los Angeles Theater, a Baroque confection that often has been likened to Versailles, though I think the French palace suffers a bit in the comparison. Picturing a square folded on the diagonal into [...]

“Don’t you dare go near the children smelling like that,” she screams. She grudgingly followed the rules, but there was chatter about others cheating.”People are starting to get desperate,” said Berridge, visiting her brother.On Day Seven, 8-year-old Erin Meredith, her eyes drooping, was now simply tired. Adding grape-based acids, sugars and coloring to mask deficiencies [...]

Ophelia Martinez, of Monte Alban, who learned about goat by assisting her aunt at a Oaxacan weekend market, says only fresh goat meat will do at her restaurant. “The treasurer and the public guardian owe the citizens of this county a full accounting for all the monies improperly taken.”Treasurer-Tax Collector Larry Matheney, who oversees the [...]

They were Hispanic children, and they didn’t stand for the national anthem .. I asked them why. With the House You Have; Matthew Schoenherr; Taunton Press, $32Tear down or renovate? It’s the ultimate question for those looking for modern kitchens or more square footage. Zhu says she’s not afraid to perform, but the idea of [...]

And for many years, many Israelis shared that view.”The move by religious Zionism toward the center of the political agenda coincided with the decline of its secular counterpart, whose vision of a socialist, democratic Jewish state had begun running into problems such as runaway inflation. While Disney has fought the condo and apartment project, which [...]

That is the key to our defense — hit and be physical.One of the biggest moments for our defensive unit was at the end of the Ohio State game. “”What some of these items do is they make us realize she was human,” said Darren Julien, the president of Julien’s Auctions.”This is the last time [...]

In this case, however, Stark is hardly taking a risk; he has represented a left-leaning Bay Area district since 1973. It lowered its reported profit by nearly $4 billion for the last five years and cut shareholders’ equity by $2.26 billion, or 2.7%, to $80.61 billion as of Dec. 1, Kadafi brandished an automatic pistol [...]

The first thing you have to do as an adapter is learn everything a composer ever wrote Then you have to assemble and assimilate the music And finally, think the way he did.”Born Sept. But that’s what happened to me and my brother, Andrian.Our benefactor was Great-Aunt Norma.When she was young, she didn’t have the [...]