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As John Broder describes it in the New York Times , the president responded with appropriate modesty and--if I can read between the lines or simply make things up, important things, things that should have happened--brushed away a tear, " 'I wish I could have done better,' Mr. Clinton said wistfully.
Sunday morning talk show hosts asked Chastain in a tone of polite disbelief what in God's name prompted her to tear off her jersey.
Some critics praise it as having "the moody, disquieting undertow of a true moral thriller" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ), while others call it "too implausible for anyone to rescue" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). Slate 's David Edelstein is basically pro: "The upshot might be melodrama, but it's melodrama with heart, bones, sinews, and tear ducts."
Coll's vision for the Post , also laid out in a Pugwash speech, sounds like a description of the New New York Times : "[T]he future of the Post depends mightily on our ability to excel at enterprise journalism--on our ability to think more creatively, to tear the skin off of our subjects more often, to write better, to go deeper, to be more alive, to make more of a difference to readers."
And: "I personally guarantee if the machine plays me again, I would tear it to pieces."