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...country, are full of contradictions. His parents' defiance of Mugabe's regime is partly based on ignorance. Their enemies can be cruel, greedy and bloodthirsty, but also kind and righteous. As the country implodes, Rogers' tough, cynical mother breaks down in the middle of a bungled backstreet deal for a fake passport. Her idea of Zimbabwe, she realizes, is a long way from the daily reality faced by millions of her countrymen, or even, now, herself. "She no longer understood her town ..." writes Rogers, "the town where she had been born 66 years before...
...Read about Japan's economy in "A New Deal...
Actors are salesmen. Stories, characters, movies are their product, and their physicality is the seductive packaging. That makes movie stars the industry's supersalesmen. And no one closes a deal with more assurance or grace than George Clooney. Not that all his pictures are blockbusters. Since A Perfect Storm in 2000, only the Ocean's (Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen) capers have topped $100 million at the domestic box office. But Clooney - handsome and affable, and blessed with a wit that can charm and cut - is surely the modern idea and ideal of stardom. Other celebrities seem tortured by public attention; Clooney...
...take the opportunity to finish that point, then they’ll crush it down our throat.”Harvard’s encounter with Wichita State began and ended in a similar fashion. The Shockers threw out the initial ace on its first serve before sealing the deal with another two at the end of the third set. Wichita State’s serving skills plagued the Crimson all night—the Shockers tallied fourteen points on aces alone. Serving also hindered Wichita State, however, as the team’s 14 aces were nearly offset...
...depressing pattern - vitriolic, ineffective attacks from the West; silent or unhurried action from Africa - has begun to change. Since February, when MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai was installed as Prime Minister, the focus has shifted from securing a deal to heal Zimbabwe's political divide, to implementing it. (Read: "Can a Team of (Bitter) Rivals Heal Zimbabwe...