Word: attracted
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...commonplace, carried to a level of intensity that can curl your toes. Looking at his picture of a soda bottle simply perched on the hood of a car, you can't help thinking of what Henry James once wrote about Nathaniel Hawthorne: "The minuteness of the things that attract his attention, and that he deems worthy of being commemorated, is frequently extreme...
Salman Rushdie. Anita Desai. Amitav Ghosh. If you have to describe Indian literature written in English, words like highbrow and worthy come to mind. But while the country's serious writers - most recently Aravind Adiga - continue to attract international acclaim, domestically they are being overshadowed by a new breed of author...
...extreme nationalism that led to immigrant quotas and mob violence. Don't we all look back at that time and shudder at how we treated those who came from another place? Our incredible ingenuity, our innovation, our ideas, our universities - all these are the product of our ability to attract the brightest minds from all over the world. The Statue of Liberty? A gift from France. "God Bless America"? Written by an immigrant. Why do we continue to submit to an antiforeign ideology? Emily Feder, St. Louis...
...scare and the extreme nationalism that led to immigrant quotas. Don't we all look back at that time and shudder at how we treated those who came from another place? Our incredible ingenuity, our innovation, our ideas, our universities - all these are the product of our ability to attract the brightest minds from all over the world. The Statue of Liberty? A gift from France. "God Bless America"? Written by an immigrant. Why do we continue to submit to an antiforeign ideology? Emily Feder, ST. LOUIS...
...Philadelphia Daily News columnist John Baer set off a storm of angry letters last week when he wrote about the "Cracker Factor" in the campaign, saying McCain was angling to attract white voters who wouldn't vote for a black candidate...