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Drawn from his official reports and private papers, Thomson depicts in matter-of-fact prose arduous months of roaming harsh northeastern Arnhem Land with indigenous guides. Unlike in other areas, where Aborigines had already been dispersed, regular interracial contact was new there, and traditional life intact. Thomson's determination to live as the locals did - learning the language, eating bush food and attending sacred ceremonies - makes for a compelling insider's view. The objects of study soon became companions, as he realized when he left to write his final report: "I knew and loved the Arnhem Land people...
Dalio also says he is thinking about doing something to promote more contact between the deaf children in China and the deaf community in the United States. Cooney, who spent last summer leading volunteer work in Chinese orphanages, says this year HCC will launch a greater volunteer program...
...proportions. But there's richness in the narrative too. Skeletons on the Zahara (the Z is a 19th century spelling) is more than a horror story. It's a tale about a man who discovers his own courage in the face of catastrophe, and an instructive fable about cultural contact: Americans and Arabs searching for firm common ground in a wasteland of shifting sands. --By Lev Grossman
Pasternak--who may have been persuaded to testify after federal investigators quizzed her vascular surgeon ex-husband about selling his ImClone stock the day after Stewart sold hers--appeared cool and unruffled as she ratted on her former friend. Stewart, during the testimony, mostly avoided eye contact and scribbled notes. This week she'll be back in court--without her friend--as the defense makes its case...
After his speech, Epps said that he had tried to contact the administration many times about the job and service cuts. The only response he received was from Larson Librarian of the College Nancy M. Cline...