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...fallout inside the Catholic hierarchy could be more lasting. Regensburg was a question of a speech largely directed toward the outside world; and while some still criticize the poorly chosen language, others believe it gave much needed impetus to a more frank discussion about Islam. It was, in any case, the "professor Pope" playing to his strengths...
...renegades or peripatetic cultural ambassadors or secluded misfits. Often, they are each of those things at different times. Those who wish to reach audiences in their new homes must also grapple with linguistic loyalty. Much of the book is about this - it would be, given that Ha Jin has chosen to write exclusively in English and takes issue with those who argue the ultimate betrayal is to choose to write in another language...
...Khan.) The protesters held banners reading I AM NOT A DOG--as in slumdog--and POVERTY FOR SALE. Two days earlier, a slum leader in Patna took the film's Indian cast and crew to court for offending slum dwellers with the allegedly pejorative title (as if they'd chosen it). He said he didn't expect any better of the Brits who made the film, because their ancestors had called Indians "dogs," but that the Indians should have known better...
University President Drew G. Faust’s most recent Civil War book has garnered another award nomination, chosen as a finalist in the non-fiction category for the National Book Critics Circle Award...
...process of getting on “The Amazing Race” was in some ways harder to navigate than his Law School application. According to Jih, prospective law school students know what they can do to improve themselves as a candidate. But when it came to being chosen for The Amazing Race, Jih said that he had “no sense that it was even a possibility...