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...five novelists nominated for the National Book Award (NBA) this year have three things in common: they are all women, they all live in New York City, and until now almost nobody had heard of any of them. In a year with books by Russell Banks, Cynthia Ozick, Tom Wolfe, John Updike and Philip Roth, the fiction committee went for five relative unknowns. That caused a hue and cry in literary circles, although, admittedly, literary types love a good hue and cry, and it doesn't take much to get them going...
...delegation from China's natural-gas industry to Uzbekistan. Chinese oil executives have even begun courting Ecuador and Colombia. "Latin Americans feel frustrated that the U.S. has virtually ignored the region, so turning to China is prudent and will pay financial dividends down the line," says Cynthia Watson, a professor at the National War College in Washington...
...Central Asia. Chinese oil executives have even begun courting Ecuador and Colombia in hopes of buying oil in the U.S.'s backyard. "Latin Americans feel frustrated that the U.S. has virtually ignored the region, so turning to China is prudent and will pay financial dividends down the line," says Cynthia Watson, a professor of strategy at the National War College in Washington...
...defendant’s mother and I love him very much,” said Cynthia Pring, breathing heavily between sobs. “He’s never been in trouble, he’s never been in a fight, he’s been a role model for everyone who’s ever met him...he’s everything I ever wanted...
...basis of ethnicity. Darfur's largest Arab tribes refused to take part in the fighting, and many Africans did not support the rebels. But the battle lines had been drawn: Arab against African. "I think the Sudanese government thought they could sort out the problem quickly," says Cynthia Gaigals, Care International's advocacy coordinator for Sudan. "But it soon became something much bigger...