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...through broken English, gestures, and their native languages. They form a close bond and anxiously wait each morning for their daily conversations. But when their children step in, the two find that their lives and their friendship are not entirely under their control. In Mr. Shi’s case, his daughter has run out of tolerance and booked him a ticket for a cross-country bus tour without his counsel or consent. In Madam’s case, her children hastily ship her off to a nursing home. In each instance, the central conflict is ageism, not racism. Half...

Author: By Rachel S. Park, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...myriad influences or his harebrained interviews—we can never get closer to the mark than the knowledge that he is a man that seeks to please himself first. The Bootleg Series documents songs not only as they progress toward the final studio version (as is the case on “Tell Tale Signs”) but as they shift to fit the transformed psychology of their creator (as is the case on the sublime “Royal Albert Hall” recording). By releasing these tracks, not as bonus cuts to some cheapskate reissue...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bob Dylan | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...never knew that doing push-ups to impress the ladies isn’t an exclusively Homo sapien mating tactic. As it turns out, color plays a big role in interactions between the sexes. Males typically are more colorful in order to attract females, though in the case of the Red-necked Phalarope, an arctic shore bird, the color and gender roles are reversed. It’s the females who attract the males with their brilliant colors and leave after the arrival of their young—the males care for the offspring. For the wrasse fish, color...

Author: By Anna E. Sakellariadis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Color Dazzles in Animal Kingdom | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...Some also claim a July-dated letter she wrote near death expressing regret to her victims - and published by the daily Le Monde Wednesday night - indicates violent criminals can be reformed through forgiveness after all. But to victims of leftist terror in Italy, it was a case of justice proffered and then dashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Soft on Terror? | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...Sarkozy had said he would honor the extradition treaty," said Della Rocca. "But in the first case that's come up, he's shown that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Soft on Terror? | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

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