Word: apartness
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...this kind of reality-based writing that sets Miyabe's novels apart-and that has helped make her one of Japan's wealthiest authors. Readers in English may be less enthused by the translation of Crossfire, which makes Miyabe's prose sound less natural than it is in Japanese. Still, even in translation, it's a powerful and satisfying mystery. Miyabe details her characters' every thought, no matter how cutthroat or compassionate, as they argue with their families, berate themselves, fall in love and earn a living. By the end of the novel, the reader understands just how hard Junko...
...held at the Commerce Department. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman surprised Boehlert by staying all day. Although the Congressman has been advocating increased scientific research for years, Boehlert says, "Now it was getting the visibility." Soon Bush himself was pushing the proposals through the OMB, which often rips such initiatives apart...
...outbreak was unrelated to dining hall food, the Crimson ran a “gee-that’s-odd” article, and the incident was ultimately forgotten. Such are the limitations of belonging to a transitory four-year academic institution. Identical incidents that happen five years apart may as well take place at separate universities, so poor is our institutional memory about student life. So to the residents of Cabot House, I say: fear not, as you are not alone in your suffering. My roommate has recovered fully, life has moved on, and your experience is trivial compared...
Harvard students will be less affected by these measures than students at public universities and smaller colleges because Harvard offers students substantial financial aid apart from federal grants and loans, Harvard’s director of federal and state relations, Suzanne Day, said...
...have been reading his history books; the vocabulary of legitimacy and sovereign rights figure prominently in his pronouncements defending Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. These sort of relativist arguments are plausible on one level—we have nuclear weapons after all—but fall apart when one notes the extreme paranoia and totalitarianism prevalent in the Iranian regime...