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...ourselves to his readings of the headlong, clattering muchness of U.S. life; enjoy the precise registers of his melancholy. A lot happens in this book, including a bombing at a hospital, a romantic crisis and an abrupt slide into chaos, yet it doesn't have much of a narrative arc. Still, there's nothing like a few days of life seen through the eyes of an exemplary sufferer to give you a glimpse of what living is all about...
Which brings us back to Sogavare's populist trump card. Sovereignty is a slippery concept in the arc of instability to Australia's north. In a typically under-the-radar speech on RAMSI's third anniversary, Batley defined it for tomorrow's leaders. "Sovereignty is not just about having the ability to pass laws," he told university students in Honiara. "It's also about the capacity of a nation to enforce those laws. Sovereignty is not just the ability to announce government policies. It's about the capacity of a nation to implement those policies and to pay for them...
...Extend the Great Wall of China by 10,000 Meters, for example, laid a trail of fire more than six miles beyond the wall's western terminus. Another project, Transient Rainbow, celebrated the Museum of Modern Art's temporary relocation from Manhattan to Queens with a seven-color arc of fireworks over New York City's East River...
...feel uncomfortable? I haven't seen the film, although I thought it was extremely important that the story of the Conlon family be told. I think the lawyer was just used as a dramatic device. I wasn't important at all. But Gerry Conlon compared you to Joan of Arc in his memoir. I think that was his story, how he saw me at the time. I think maybe he was wearing rose-colored spectacles...
Klutzes of the world rejoice: a new type of "unbreakable" wineglass is here to save you from yourselves. French glass and tableware manufacturer Arc International, www.arc-international.com, has developed a handblown crystal that it says is hard enough to be banged vigorously and repeatedly on a table or floor without breaking. That's not the only advantage of the new material, which Arc has dubbed Kwarx (the formula is a trade secret). The color of wine is said to be more faithfully perceived because of Kwarx's perfect neutrality on the chromatic scale, and the material has been used...