Word: characterize
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The appearances by some familiar faces - Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse - are all too brief. But the three leads don't make you long for star power. They're fine: Mackie as the veteran who plays by the book, Geraghty as the subordinate with jumpy nerves, and especially Renner. He...
To what extent do you see yourself as a Japanese author, as opposed to just an author? Daniel Burke Chicago I'm a Japanese writer. I was born in Japan and I live mainly in Japan. I think in Japanese and I write in Japanese. And, still, I look at...
How do Western cultural references affect your stories? Seth Satterlee New Orleans When I write that my character is cooking spaghetti for lunch, some Western readers say it's strange: "Why is a Japanese guy cooking spaghetti for lunch?" And when a character listens to Radiohead while driving, some people...
Both the major-party candidates for President have now made their first major decision - on a running mate - and I can't remember a year when the selections were more revealing about the character of the candidates. What we have is a choice between a conservative and a radical.
From there he segued into the powerful story of McCain's courage under torture as a North Vietnamese prisoner of war. "Being a POW doesn't qualify anyone to be president," Thompson allowed at the end. "But it does reveal character. Friends...it's pretty clear there are two questions...