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People skip over names. But names have lots of meaning. I had troubles in the beginning. People were saying, "You're going to name a black character Leonid? How can you do that?" And I'd say, "Why not? Does it make any more sense to call him John? I mean, if black people came from Africa, I should give my characters African names, you know?" But as a writer, as a novelist, names help to identify a character, and place a character in the world...
...have the potential to cause the movement embarrassment. "The smarter conservatives who know Breitbart regard him affectionately," says a plugged-in Republican player, "but they think he's a little out of it. In another age, the Big sites would have been produced on a mimeograph machine. I'd call him the first neo-crank...
Responding to University President Drew G. Faust’s call for input on the ongoing search to replace Harvard Business School Dean Jay O. Light, student and alumni have stressed the importance of building the school’s global presence and staying relevant going forward...
...Like a true card shark, Merkel seems prepared to call Papandreou's bluff. The Greek leader had counted on the E.U. to collectively recoil in horror at the idea of his country's going to the IMF, but Merkel is effectively daring him to do it. Speaking to the German Parliament in Berlin last week, Merkel said that calling in the IMF "would probably have to be the way out right now if action were to be taken." She went on to say that the euro-zone countries should be able to kick out one of their own to avert...
Three weeks later we got another call. They asked, “Is there any way you can do a very large carved porcelain bowl with a peace dove on it, and have it ready in 6 weeks? You must do it because it’s going to be President Clinton’s personal gift to the Pope.” I talked to my husband and said, “I think I have to do this,” and he agreed. I went down that afternoon and threw the bowls...