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...passenger’s seat with his camera pointed forward and taunted the driver until he tripled the speed limit. “We went 26 blocks at 90 miles an hour with no clearances, no permissions—went in the wrong lane, went right against cross traffic, and nearly hit it. It’s something, I swear to you ladies and gentlemen,” Friedkin said, smiling, “I wouldn’t do today.”With the same boldness of mind, Friedkin went on to direct “The Exorcist?...
Long before the era of globalization, before the supposed clash of civilizations, Salih came to represent what is best about cross-cultural encounters. Born and raised in a small village on the bank of the Nile, he was educated at universities in London and Khartoum. For most of his life, he worked for cultural organizations in the Middle East and Europe. He wrote in his native Arabic and found great success in English translation. Salih was a treasure. His death is a loss not just for his readers but for everything that binds us together...
...While current introductory courses survey British literature, the new curriculum will emphasize cross-cultural interaction. “Arrivals” focuses on cultures coming to England through the seventeenth century, while “Diffusions” covers the spread of the English language during the British Empire. The “Shakespeares” category will consider the playwright’s works in multiple contexts...
...streets still creates opportunities for quick gains. Other big players include local investment banks and wealthy individuals. The 80 stocks listed on the exchange range from the country's most popular cellular-phone carrier to Zimplow, which manufactures "animal-drawn farming implements," and includes companies producing a cross section of commodities such as timber, wine, nickel, tobacco, even bacon...
...with the Pakistani army against Mehsud and other militants. In fact, backed by the army, Nazir and his men had routed some 250 al-Qaeda-aligned Uzbek militants from Wana, in South Waziristan, in 2004. But despite their nonaggression pact with the Pakistani military, both men continued to mount cross-border attacks on U.S. and NATO troops. The fact that they became targets of U.S. drone attacks prompted critics in Pakistan to suggest that the Musharraf government was double-dealing in some of its alliances in the tribal areas...