The Good Life, Washed Away
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Jan. 22 -- Edy parked his motorbike and pressed into the crowd beside the local mosque Saturday afternoon, clutching a white coupon in his right hand. He squeezed under a blue awning where tsunami refugees and other indigent survivors were claiming plastic bags with donated chunks of meat to celebrate one of Islam's most important holidays.
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Inflation gone amok can erase even the greatest fortunes.
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For the Americans, it's been one good day -- and one bad
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Remember the time when people made  stupid mistakes instead of "bad choices," when anal-retentive  personalities were simply tidy and no one needed a "life  coach?"
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Last week was a very good week for corrupt politicians, dirtbag dictators, pompous preachers, deadbeat dads, corporate suits, bloated bureaucrats and hypocrites from all walks of life.
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Junot DÃ­azâs âBrief Wondrous Life of Oscar Waoâ is a wondrous, not-so-brief first novel that is so original it can only be described as Mario Vargas Llosa meets âStar Trekâ meets David Foster Wallace meets Kanye West.
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It&#39;s that time of year again, when normally affable, outgoing people abandon their families for hours at a time to stare enraptured at their TV screens.
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The pursuit of great wealth causes many more drastic life changes than necessary.
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Summer's over, school is back, but the consolation of fall was always that the best films, shows, CDs and books were ripe for picking. Now there's too much competition, too much stuff. How to figure out what's worthy? Here is a warts-and-all preview, arranged from sublime to subprime.
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Former Cy Young Award winner Dwight Gooden's free-spending marriage of nearly 17 years is over.
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Through good times and bad, this mutual fund has delivered.
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Life & style: Private Lives: I've been left behind by friends who had the opportunity to travel and become successful and I feel resentful towards them.
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Lessons from two world-traveling retirees.
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It must be hard being Al Lord. Good times, bad times -- it doesn't matter. For Al, it seems that life is an unending series of battles against those who would unfairly deny him what he rightly deserves.
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It was a simple game of catch. It was an affirmation of life, and healing.
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Comment is free: Madeleine Bunting: Never have so many of us appeared so well-off yet felt so poor - and we used to believe obscene wealth was victimless.
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Standing on the threshold of the 20th century, the world seemed so young and carefree. In the warm summer air, the songs of birds could be heard and at times drowned out by the whir of the lawn mower. The clip clop of horses' hooves could be heard along the unpaved streets where children played their games. In the cool evenings, the lamplighter made his rounds. Shadows danced off buildings and sidewalks. There were those who enjoyed swinging lazily in the hammock or lazily gliding their canoe on some moonlit lake. Everything seemed settled and comfortable in familiar patterns, but there were changes in the wind. In a little more than 15 years, there would be almost three quarters of a million Model T Fords on the roads in North America.