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Ostensibly an aberration, particularly to American eyes, Pixote--"peewee" in Portugese--is a common figure in modern Latin American cities. The homeless children have little choice but to beg and steal. Neither their families, nor society as a whole is willing to care for them. Abandoned to the streets, Pixote is pressed into service by adult thieves because under Brazilian law he's too young to be indicted. Instead, he is repeatedly sent to a boys reformatory, where he learns of violent rape, murder and spiritual corruption. Inside, Pixote is victim; upon his release he turns predator. But his character...
...angry American community denounee the Dutch government and the Peoples Republic of China sever diplomatic relations. Because Holland has long been a close ally of the United States and was one of the first members of the United Nations to recognize the Beijing government, the summer's events beg the question of what this tiny lowland state--traditionally and self-consciously moderate--could have done to offend these behemouths. The answer lies in Dutch government policies which blind it to the international consequences of its domestic actions...
...beg your pardon. The best ice cream is from Whitey's in Moline...
Typically, Phelps flattens out the story of Scheherazade by leaving in the logic and removing the magic: Why should the heroine fall in love with the murderous king or beg for her life? Writes the author: "Many readers may well be disappointed with these meek and improbable endings." Bettelheim pays more attention to the hidden message of the tale: Scheherazade and the king represent warring forces within the psyche: depressed and destructive vs. good and reasonable. The peace between Scheherazade and the king says that the child can be whole...
...hospital was a dump," he says. "That was when I cried. I had to beg for a wheelchair. The physical therapy program was a joke." The wound he suffered at the forgotten hill in the Central Highlands left him paralyzed, but the wounds he incurred at home galvanized him into action. Says he: "I had always been respectful to authority. Now I knew that I either had to fight these guys or let them control...