Word: brokenness
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...does not dispute that both of his novels end with a spark of hope. Yacoubian concludes with the hopefulness of Busayna's marriage - albeit to the dubious Zaki Bey. And Chicago ends with a similarly unexpected union. Perhaps this is Al Aswany's way of suggesting that Egypt, too, broken down as it may be, will continue its quest for renewal...
...firefight has broken out over the size of the Pentagon's 2009 budget request. Defense Secretary Robert Gates argues that his $515.4 billion budget - 3.4% of the nation's gross domestic product - is a bargain by historic standards. "To give you some basis of comparison in terms of the last times we were at war," he explained, "during the Korean War the percentage of GDP going to defense was about 14%, and during Vietnam it was about 9%." But critics, using a different yardstick, found the Pentagon's request historically high. The New York Times editorial page said Tuesday that...
...Just as we must ensure that Islam at large not be conflated with the broken neologism “Islamo-fascism,” when we hear an official trot out some turn of phrase casting Iran as an “enemy of democracy,” we must be careful of confusion. He refers to the absence of pro-American representative government, and ignores the factual if fragile mechanism for political participation in place. Ahmadinejad’s rhetoric is troubling, but it was endorsed and he empowered by democracy; in the end, he will have to reckon...
...sprang back to life with fist-pumping vigor, winning the second set 6-4 and then taking the supertiebreaker, 10-8. Clayton, after winning the first set 6-4, seemed ready to win the match, up a break at 4-3 in the second, but was broken back and eventually lost the set 6-4.“I lucked out a little in the tiebreak,” Clayton said of his opponent’s inability to hold a match point in the tiebreak. Clayton eventually won, 12-10.Nguyen, who by his own admission “couldn?...
...goal better than somebody, at least, then good things are going on.”For Kessler—who made 21 saves on the evening—the clean sheet was her ninth shutout of the season as well as the 12th of her career. After having already broken Ali Boe ’06’s single season Harvard record of seven in last Sunday’s 4-0 win over Dartmouth, Kessler now stands only three shutouts shy of Boe’s Crimson career record of 15. Kessler also leads the nation in goals...