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...Gregory novel that wove the melodrama of Henry's rule into a bodice-ripping yarn. Not that the known facts aren't salacious enough: the King's impatience with his wife, Catherine of Aragon, in providing him with a male heir; his divorce of Catherine to marry Anne; his break with the Pope over the divorce and his establishment of the Anglican Communion as his own personal church. With all this as backdrop, Gregory foregrounded scenes of calumny and chicanery, of paternal pimping and near-incest, to create an international best-seller that cried out to be visualized. Indeed...
...afternoon on many long Indian train journeys when the world seems to slow down and rest for a while. As the fading light filters through half-closed shutters and the swaying of the carriages nudges passengers into an irresistible slumber, air-conditioner mechanic T.J. Mathai takes a break from checking that his machinery is working properly and that the vents are open just so. During a recent three-day trip from New Delhi, in India's north, to Kerala, at its southern tip, he hoisted himself up into his tiny nook opposite the toilets in the second-class carriage...
...ANOTHER It’s Thursday night, and the halls of Winthrop House resound with the sounds of Brazilian percussion. Members of the Woodbridge Society of International Students stand in a circle, playing a wide variety of instruments. After a hour of jamming, they break for a catered Brazilian dinner. Over black beans and rice, Mashael A. Fakhro ’11 talks about adjusting to Cambridge after leaving her home in Bahrain (for those who don’t know, Bahrain is an island in the Persian Gulf). “I didn’t need to explain...
Perhaps it’s difficult to break a habit after 16 years of perennial candidacy, but if Nader truly cares about the future of “ballot access” and third-party presidential bids, he might do well to sit this...
Economic analysts place the blame for the shortages elsewhere - specifically on the price controls imposed by the government. The analysts say the controls have destabilized the marketplace. Milk producers, for example, may find it hard to break even selling fresh milk at official prices; and so they find profits by selling their products abroad or by producing cheeses whose prices are not dictated by the government. Perhaps to make up for the lack of profits from regulated staples, non-regulated food items have experieced inflation of 32.7% last year. Perhaps reflecting the effect of price controls on the country...