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...lost, the fire dimmed. Like apartheid itself, those fears can now be swept into the dustbin of history. As it happens, four of South Africa's leading writers - Brink, Coetzee, Gordimer and Mda - have produced novels this year. Not all are great, but none is dull and together they confirm that the new South Africa is an exciting place to be a writer. The country's literary tradition has long been in white hands, but now black and mixed-race writers are clamoring to be heard. Move over, India (pop. 1 billion). South Africa (pop. 45 million) may well...
Greenspan navigated the economy through the stock-market crash of 1987, two recessions, a global financial crisis in 1998 and the burst Internet bubble in 2000. Assuming (as most do) that the Senate will confirm him for the most powerful economic post in the world, the era of Bernankenomics will begin Feb. 1, under gathering storm clouds. U.S. deficits are at all-time highs, the housing market may be in a bubble of Greenspan's making, and we have the first real whiffs of inflation in years. How will Bernanke steer the ship? For a clue, here are five ways...
...very artificial place to have dialogue about these sorts of issues.” He said he felt it was important, however, for “good scientists to weigh in.”Merck pulled Vioxx from the market last fall after its own 18-month-long study confirmed the FDA’s findings, which linked Vioxx with an elevated risk of heart attack, stroke, and death with long-term use. Since then, approximately 5,800 lawsuits have been filed against the company, with experts estimating legal costs of between $4 and $18 billion, according to the AP.Avorn...
...they monopolize too much of campus social life, social space”—and the list of grievances goes on. Yet shockingly, people are treating the Isis emails as if they constitute some sort of scandal, when in fact all they’ve done is confirm what everyone essentially already knew. And honestly, just what is the big deal anyway? Particularly with the female final clubs—whose focuses seem to be primarily social—it’s hard to imagine how the selection process could appear anything but arbitrary. It simply mirrors...
...mails also seem to confirm the widespread impression that final club members tap into a network of alumni contacts in the post-graduation job-hunting process...