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...Their illiteracy, Dalrymple explains, allows them to hold lines in their heads as readers never could. In a fire-lit cremation ground in Bengal, we see politicians, even communists, coming to a woman regarded as a witch to sacrifice goats in advance of an election. The woman, who lives among jackals in the burning ground, tells us why it's best to drink blood from the skull of a suicide or virgin. As an erudite scholar, Dalrymple gives us a precedent and a context for all this. As a fluent and vivid travel writer, he evokes the landscapes...
After Japan's frustrated voters handed power to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in the Aug. 30 parliamentary election, many had hopes that the country's new leaders would begin to solve some of the country's intractable economic problems. Among other popular proposals, the new government, led by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, vowed to provide more government assistance for families to promote consumer spending while simultaneously taming the country's ballooning debt, which at nearly 200% of GDP is the highest among rich nations...
...H1N1 virus, several sports entities have either actively encouraged or outright ordered that athletes ditch that time-tested, germ-infested ritual, the handshake before or after a game. The Swedish soccer association, Canadian Olympic Committee, Ohio State football team and New England Small College Athletic Conference are among those trying to kibosh the palm-to-palm. "Shaking hands is just a way for us to increase the risk of getting ill," says Bob McCormack, the chief medical officer for the Canadian Olympic team. Vancouver is hosting the 2010 Winter Games, and the Canadians may refuse to high-five their guests...
Mark had come to keynote the climate campaign, as part of a recent surge of interest among Harvard’s interfaith community in climate change and environmental issues...
...Harvard program’s storied history is something Stone has become a key part of in her 16 years at the helm. In that time, Stone has become the Division I women’s coach ranked second all-time and first among active coaches in total wins...