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...Fake Palindromes” by Andrew Bird. This guy has only gotten better since he played at my high school’s local talent showcase...
...narrator, is forced to kill for the first time. His leader guides his hand as he begins to hack a man to death with a machete. “I am seeing each drop of blood and each drop of sweat flying here and there. I am hearing the bird flapping their wing as they are leaving all the tree,” Iweala read. “It is sounding like thunder.” Born in America, Iweala comes from a Nigerian family. The novel is the product of his senior creative-writing thesis, which he completed under...
...Peter and the Wolf” is a symphonic folk tale of heroism, originally written as a child’s introduction to the orchestra, in which each character is represented by an instrument—Peter by the strings, the wolf by the French horns, and the bird by the flute. The music, however, is still sophisticated enough to be enjoyed by all ages. That’s not to say that audiences won’t experience child-like amusement and wonder. “Maybe for some it will remind them of their youth when they first...
...idea and, about 18 months ago, approached Giles with the possibility of funding it. Winsten wrote that further development of global health reporting is particularly appropriate at this time due to increasing global attention on health issues. “The emergence of worldwide health threats such as bird flu has driven home the point that this is a small world indeed, and what happens in Africa and Asia can affect us all,” wrote Winsten. “Journalists have a very important role to play in informing publics about diseases, programs for prevention, and treatment...
...Zhang said he received "a memorandum" from Beijing around midnight on Nov. 21, but didn't reveal the contents. He told officials to be ready for a disaster on the scale of an earthquake or a bird flu outbreak. At 2 a.m. on Nov. 22-presumably with Beijing's permission-Harbin put out a second statement alerting the population to the water stoppage. This time, the statement acknowledged that the chemical-plant explosion had "perhaps polluted the water" in the Songhua. This announcement seemed to calm residents, as did efficient logistics that ensured access to plenty of clean drinking water...