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...cold, eye on his characters' struggles, both with an inflexible social system and their own weaknesses. With two earlier collections of stories and a novella, Ha Jin attracted notice as a guide to a world few outside China know. His first novel, which has been nominated for a National Book Award, makes local color intimately familiar...
...ended up directly in the hands of Iraqi opposition groups. Rather, Capitol Hill investigators complain, much of the money has gone to high-priced public relations experts and consultants. A somewhat less than ferocious outfit called Quality Support Inc., of Springfield, Va., for example, has received $3.1 million to book hotel rooms, airline tickets and conference halls for opposition meetings. Of that, a State Department document estimates that Quality Support will spend about $670,000 for the seven-month lease at the Cavendish Square office and for three company staff members to work there. (Quality Support declined to comment...
...open, honest and a good listener. What they don't say is how hard that can be. Maybe, like me, you're mortified at your own geekiness. Maybe you're afraid of sounding judgmental, priggish or foolish. So start small. Debra Haffner, author of the terrific book From Diapers to Dating, says parents should avoid "the big talk" and instead take advantage of everyday "teachable moments." Three-year-olds should be taught the proper names for their body parts, and five-year-olds should know basically where babies come from. Don't give young children more information than is appropriate...
...might expect from a book with the unimaginative title Diagnosis, Management and Treatment of Dementia: A Practical Guide for Primary Care Physicians, the text is somewhat technical. However, it contains a lot of information useful to the layperson as well. The descriptions of the simple tests used to measure a person's cognitive ability--for example, drawing a clock face--are particularly good at demystifying the often complex process of diagnosis. You can order the guide for $5 ($3 if you're a member of the A.M.A.) by calling...
DIED. JESSIE FOVEAUX, 100, plainspoken great-great-grandmother who sold her first book, Any Given Day, at 98, for $1 million; in Duluth, Minn. On hearing of the sale of her memoir, which grew out of a writing class for seniors, she said, "I might just get myself a new dress...