A hard-knocks first presidential term hardly unusual in U.S. politics.
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Seventeen
First-date kisses can furnish their own special flavor.
Summertime
Snappy The Gaslight Anthem, positive-vibe Delorean, and me-first Drake.
Disappear here
Twenty years on, Brett Easton Ellis' ode to alienation, "Less Than Zero," is back to haunt again.
The experiment
You're nine months pregnant and on a bus in Rome. Will anyone let you sit?
The man who eats goats
Why stare at them when your local butcher (once you have one) obliges?
La piscina
By the pool, and in it, etiquette reigns in otherwise lawless Italy.
Humanities
In a society of things and production, literature and the arts struggle for space.
Quaking
The works of Tony Judt help give perspective to a Sabina Guzzanti film.
Do The Right Thing
Spike Lee's early take on race relations in Brooklyn remains a stunning accomplishment.
The French Connection
Gene Hackman's "Popeye" Doyle took the tough cop mold and made it his for keeps.
Half-empty Cup
Despite media eloquence, the United States is a world away from the World Cup.