The fingers on his flesh told him that he was loved, that he had always been loved, and that the world was a place where above all else the things that were good would find a way to burrow into you.

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Mr. BARIMO: There were a handful of accident causes that stood head and shoulders above all the others, things like flying airplanes into mountains or into the ground.

NPR: For Air Travelers, More Safety and More Problems

Above all, America must not let the things which it cannot do right away stop it from doing the things that it must do right away.

ECONOMIST: Bali, Iraq and now a nuclear North Korea

Mr. KAGAN: You tell the American people above all that you are not simply continuing with the same old, same old and hoping that things would work out nor are you simply going to try to subcontract our problems in Iraq to Iran and Syria and various other bitter enemies of the United States.

NPR: Iraq Report 'Recipe for Defeat,' Says Right Wing

Run by Un-Cruise Adventures, the Legacy keeps things small-scale, casual and above all, unhurried.

BBC: Cruising into Gold Rush country

Democracy is changing before our eyes - more elected posts, more voting systems, more choice as the two-party system continues to break down and, above all other things - more unpredictable than ever.

BBC: Elections - Reading the runes

Merging with BAE would have helped EADS do all of the above: the British firm clocks up nearly 45% of its sales in America, selling such things as armoured vehicles to the Pentagon.

ECONOMIST: The proposed merger of BAE Systems and EADS