Hearing John Lennon and Yoko Ono's majestic and enduringly heart-warming "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" today -- just as the U.S. War in Iraq was officially declared over -- reminded me that some great Christmas songs hold up better than others.
They're using artificial birth control, which, as we've recently been reminded, the church officially rejects, a stance that illuminates just how ludicrous some orthodoxies are.
I wrote of Xu Youyu in my last; his latest email to me reads: "My telephone has been cut off since 28 May, and further more, I have been reminded and warned officially that I should not contact with any foreigner around the 4 June.
And so, the nomination of Panetta, which Obama reminded reporters had not even been officially announced, seemed to gain a measure of speed throughout the day.
Today is the summer solstice (the new season officially begins at 7 09 p.m. in New York), and I am reminded of one of my childhood joys.
Spring officially left us this past Tuesday, and this last week in New York reminded me that summer has its trials, particularly for those of us without central air conditioning.
His own documentary work — from exhumation sites and forensic labs to protests and religious rituals — reminded people of the toll of Guatemala's war, which officially ended in 1996.
They differentiate from unbiased motivated crimes, and not just by reminding us, officially, that we do not live in some sort of post-racist or post-gay utopia.
By holding the country's most popular sport in limbo Thursday — with the music and dancing extending into Friday now — the N.F.L. owners reminded us that the robber baron era consuming the business world has officially swallowed sports too.
The women's march was officially deemed the largest protest in US history, a show of force and solidarity that reminded me that we women will not sit on the sidelines and be silent.
Towers, who officially joined the Yankees on Tuesday as special assignment scout, spotted Tino Martinez in the clubhouse and reminded him that the 2-2 pitch from Mark Langston should have been a strike.
