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...rushed through had I been reading it) simply by virtue the sound of his voice. I ended up savoring the repetition because he recited it so beautifully. Seamus Heaney’s reading voice seems to be composed of the sounds of nature. His r’s and deep vowels sound like a small stream, and his c’s and k’s sound like the rocks that the water breaks against...
...deep breath of perfection...
...decision to concentrate in English, or maybe every decision I’ve ever made, has been an attempt to show Miss Baker that I’m not, in fact, an airhead. For the past ten years, I’ve been blindly guided by the deep need to prove the Miss Bakers of the world wrong...
...women also have a deep-seated distrust of the government. Prostitutes complain that they are routinely shaken down by police, who demand $50 payoffs and threaten to lock them up overnight if they don't pay. Several prostitutes were suspicious that the new circuit was part of a government plan to tax them. And none of the prostitutes interviewed said they had to pay hustlers on the streets. "I don't work for pimps. I don't work for madams. And I am not going to work for the government," says Jennifer, a heavily made-up 24-year-old pacing...
Experts believe the blackout was an isolated incident rather than a deep-seated defect. It nevertheless puts a spotlight on another issue surrounding Brazilian readiness for the global centerstage. It dents the government's pride in an area in which it has justifiably claimed to be a world leader. Brazil gets about 92% of its energy from hydroelectric sources, an unusually high percentage and one that is natural, renewable and non-polluting. The blackout will not alter that. Brazil has enough gas- and oil-fueled plants to serve as back-ups in case of drought, and it will add another...