Word: breakers
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...BREAKER XBy Edwidge Danticat One needs a new term to describe Danticat's book: A novel-in-stories? A story-circle? In the first chapter the daughter of Haitian expats living in Brooklyn learns that her father is not, as she thought, a former prison inmate. He was a prison guard and, worse, a torturer and an executioner for the bloody Duvalier regime. The chapters that follow explore the rings of aftermath that spread out from his crimes like terrible ripples; in the final, riveting chapter, we confront the torturer himself at work...
...Sabanci BARRIER BREAKER...
...there's no Wife No. 1, whose son is in line for the throne? As the eldest, Jong Nam is the logical choice, but he is thought to be odd even by Kim family standards and unfit to rule. The apparent deal breaker occurred in 2001 when he was caught trying to sneak into Japan on a Dominican passport so he could visit Tokyo Disneyland. In 2002, state media seemed to be clearing a path for one of Kim's younger sons by boosting the profile of Ko, but her death last year, reportedly of cancer, may have thrown...
Moments from elimination, sophomore Scott Denenberg was deadlocked in a crucial battle for the match. Break-point after break-point was slowly slipping by him—and suddenly he was trapped in a 10-10 tie-breaker, muscles straining as he waited for the serve...
...showing are sorely mistaken in exaggerating the importance of Northeastern’s victory, which was, as far as the standings go, nothing more than a non-conference loss. Obviously such results are to be avoided whenever possible, but each is, when viewed individually, by no means a deal-breaker...