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...Indian writer's debut work, a frenetic treatise on caste prejudice, has had a mixed reception: At least one reviewer found it "pretty hard going" and the London Daily Telegraph described it as "emotive but meaningless verbiage, crammed with inappropriate metaphors." But what seemed to attract the most attention was the near-$2 million paid to its writer before it was even published...
Clinton aides predict he will choose an emissions target moderate enough to attract some support from business and the G.O.P. While officials are hoping to craft a proposal acceptable to other countries for the Kyoto summit, they privately admit the negotiations could take several years. That will buy Clinton time to work on his long-term strategy: persuading the public, starting this week at a White House conference, to tolerate some pain now for the sake of a less threatening future. So, next time you turn on the Weather Channel, don't be surprised to see Clinton delivering...
...authority, Columbia professor Robert Thurman, states grimly that as far as he is concerned, a true, indigenous Buddhism doesn't yet exist here. But others are convinced that for the first time, American Buddhism may be strong enough not only to withstand the distortions of celebrity but also to attract and hold a significant number of serious searchers. And short of a full transplanting, who would have imagined that the lotus would have offered up such a wild and confusing profusion of blooms...
...location offers Tweeter etc. many advantages, employees said. There is 25 percent more selling space and the new store is in a location more visible from Brattle Square, which may help to attract more customers, said Sandy Bloomberg, founder and CEO of the company...
Levine said she believes the shoe store will attract "a younger more affluent clientele to Central Square...