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Roth is too well attuned a writer to win this argument. His protagonist's memories of his boyhood are crystalline: "He ran home barefoot and wet and salty, remembering the mightiness of that immense sea boiling in his own two ears and licking his forearm to taste his skin fresh from the ocean and baked by the sun." And Roth conjures an understated, haunting set piece in which the man visits the cemetery and chats with the affable worker who will soon dig his grave. These are glimpses of the Everyman whose story would have been more powerful had Roth...
...people I’ve known, especially from Harvard AIDS Coalition and FUP. Describe yourself in three words: Girl Wearing Sweatpants. In 15 minutes you are: Consoling Molly E. Mehaffey ‘06 because I got scoped and she did’t. In 15 years you are: Barefoot and pregnant in my office on Capitol Hill...
...want it reburied, with a replica for visitors. While a management plan is devised, Webb worries about erosion: harsh winds are already starting to damage the trackways. For now, simpler measures are being used. A group of Aboriginal women sit filling dozens of knee-high stockings with hot sand. Barefoot, they then move carefully over the dazzlingly white claypan, its surface cracked like china and scattered with cinnamon-colored sand, placing a stocking on each print to shield it from the weather. "How our people survived," says Mary Pappin Sr., "is all written here in these sands." Around...
...CHAMLONG SRIMUANG Former governor of Bangkok and leader of a "Dharma Army" of barefoot Buddhists opposed to Thaksin The people hoped Thaksin would lead our country in the right way and solve our problems. And in his first three years as Prime Minister he did very well. But in the last two years, he hasn't been the same. I have decided that it's no good for him to be in this position [of Prime Minister]. It's not only I, but the educated people around the country. Thaksin has been cleared of any legal wrongdoing regarding the sale...
...kneel on the two rows placed a few feet behind. “If the girls were in front of the guys, they would be more likely to think about things other than prayer,” says Tellawi, FM’s guide for the day. 1:30- Barefoot worshipers kneel with their heads on the floor, sit on their knees, then bow, stand, and repeat. A speaker discusses Koran teachings, and the group chants in Arabic. 2:00- After a moment of silence, prayers are over. FM asks Tellawi why some women removed their hijabs after the service...