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...recreations come back to haunt them. In the eponymous theme-park of his second collection, “Pastoralia,” impatient visitors and their bratty children pay to observe individuals dressed up as Cro-Magnons, who are allowed to speak only in grunts in the ersatz cave that is their workplace. (They can curse at their own misbehaving offspring, fax evaluations of each other’s daily performance, chainsmoke, bicker, flirt, and so on, only after their...
Like many other literalists, al-Zarqawi favors one of the Koran's more complex chapters, known as "The Cave." It includes some metaphysical stories whose meaning has been debated by theologians for centuries. The Prophet is said to have advised his followers to read the "The Cave" before Friday prayers, and "some people mistakenly take this to mean that this surah was the Prophet's favorite," says Khaled Abou al-Fadl, an Islamic jurist at UCLA. Bakr says al-Zarqawi frequently quotes extensively from "The Cave" and encourages discussion about its stories...
...Whole Foods store in Austin, Texas, for instance, delight appears around one corner in the form of a secret "beer cave," a frosty grotto stocked floor to ceiling with unusual beers from all over the world. Customers can sample and even drink them as they shop. In Columbus, Ohio, delight materializes as 16 types of fresh heirloom eggs, their rainbow of colors displayed in a row of baskets so they can be chosen individually...
LEONARD COHEN Movie: I'm Your Man, due in theaters in June Set list: Artists like Nick Cave and Rufus Wainwright pay tribute to the enigmatic singer-songwriter Nonfan appeal: Pretty good. A little band called U2 appears Bring your: Zoloft...
...First of all, it was flattering that influential people like Bob Costas were supporting me,” Cheek says. “But on the other hand, I knew I was completely screwed. Harvard is an amazing university, and they’re not going to cave into pressure. In fact, all this will probably make them dig their heels in further.”Contrary to what many may believe, Cheek has not been sitting around moping or scheming. After winning his two medals in Turin, the speedskater has been flying from city to city, working...