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...When cane-wielding police in the central Indian city of Nagpur charged a crowd of protesters, 113 people were trampled to death in the ensuing stampede; an additional 500 people were injured. The protesters were poor members of the Gowari tribe who were demanding official recognition as an underprivileged group to get better education and employment benefits from the government...
...best way to make him democratize, adopt market reforms and compensate Americans for property seized during the revolution. Other countries trade freely with Havana and have long , since struck compensation deals for their own seized assets. But with Cuba's economy in sugar shock -- the yields in cane fields have slumped to levels not seen since the 1920s -- the embargo's boosters hope it will break Castro's back. "Ending the embargo is his No. 1 foreign policy priority," says a U.S. official. And what Castro wants, Washington opposes...
...jewel in the crown that is this collection is "SantaLand Diaries," the closing essay. The piece recounts Sedaris' stint working as an elf at Macy's SantaLand. From his weeks wandering the candy cane-lined mazes of SantaLand and pretending to cavort with mechanical penguins, Sedaris has defracted a chilling portrait of that dark region of the New York shopper's soul which emerges at Christmas. His eye is merciless and this memoir reads like stand-up Dante. Sedaris has seen what most of us choose not to, and we should be grateful for his act of witness...
...been intrigued by the little old men who walk around here dressed like they're going out for a day in the country with their straw hats and seersucker suits. You know the ones I'm talking about. They often have moustaches, little rimless glasses and carry a cane. Bowties are their specialty. But this summer I began to put all of this into perspective. As I contemplate whether or not to write a thesis next year, I realize I have to do it for myself, not because this is Harvard and writing a thesis is what's expected...
...group answered the cheers and lighters of the packed house with an encore of "Nellie Cane," a bluegrass number sung by bassist Mike Gordon, and Picture of Nectar, "Cavern...