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...stands 4 ft. 5 in. (135 cm) tall--and Jo worries about obesity all the time. She worries about the health consequences of Renee's weighing too much, the ones she has experienced throughout her own life. She worries about her daughter's being teased or ostracized on account of her weight, just as Jo was teased and ostracized as a child. And she worries that she's not doing enough--or that she's doing too much--to change things, as she tries to avoid the mistakes she feels her parents made during her childhood. Most...
Preston's account of the crimes is lucid and mesmerizing. In one case, the victims realized what was happening, but in a panic, they drove their car into a ditch. The killer coolly shot out their headlights before going to work. What's missing from The Monster of Florence is the Monster: the killer was never caught. This isn't Preston's fault, but it hamstrings the book. The acme of the true-crime writer's art, what raises it above lurid rubbernecking, is making the psychology of a killer comprehensible, even sympathetic. In doing that, the true-crime writer...
...Sulukule will destroy its culture, which is premised on communal life. Extended families share homes and form musical ensembles, using the streets as their rehearsal rooms. "Sulukule presents a unique way of life," concluded an urban design research team from University College, London. "That has to be taken into account and preserved when a new development for the area is being introduced...
...despite the warm welcome, Rowling, by her own account, did not feel entirely in her element...
...Most statements that supported the theory that Hussein had access to or the capacity to build chemical, biological, or even nuclear weapons did not take into account the disagreements between intelligence agencies as to the credibility of the WMD allegations...