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...impression. But what the story lacks in polish, it makes up for in mood. Reading a Petterson novel is like falling into a northern landscape painting--all shafts of light and clear, palpable chill. The narrator and her brother Jesper grow up in this setting, on a farm in Denmark in the 1930s. Distant from their parents, they find happiness in each other, and as the narrator grows from tagalong sister to adolescent, Petterson gives their relationship a delicate physical dimension...
...United States 1 2 Switzerland 2 3 Denmark 3 4 Sweden 4 5 Singapore 7 6 Finland 6 7 Germany 5 8 Netherlands 10 9 Japan 8 10 Canada 13 11 Hong Kong SAR 12 12 United Kingdom 9 13 Korea, Republic of 11 14 Austria 15 15 Norway 16 16 France 18 17 Taiwan, China 14 18 Australia 19 19 Belgium 20 20 Iceland 23 21 Malaysia 21 22 Ireland 22 23 Israel 17 24 New Zealand 24 25 Luxembourg 25 26 Qatar 31 27 Saudi Arabia 35 28 Chile 26 29 Spain 29 30 China 34 31 United...
...read with interest your article on cancer. I myself was operated on last summer for prostate cancer. I am 74, so I hope for the 99% chance for the next five years. However, my opinion on cancer is that it is simply creation in reverse. Otto V. Ludvigsen, HOLTE, DENMARK...
Russia first lay claim to the Arctic in July 2007, when Vladimir Putin signaled his intention to annex the entire North Pole, an area twice the size of France, Belgium and Switzerland combined. Currently, five countries - Russia, the U.S., Canada, Norway and Denmark - each control a 200-mile economic zone along their coasts in the Arctic region. None of these economic zones reach the North Pole. Under the current U.N. Maritime convention, one country's zone can be extended only if it can prove that the continental shelf into which it wishes to expand is a natural extension...
...private deposits - the largest such guarantee in history, according to one leading banking expert. The fact that Ireland had previously issued an even more sweeping guarantee hardly shielded Germany from criticism: as Europe's biggest economy, it sets a massive precedent. Indeed, since Merkel's announcement, Denmark, Sweden and Austria have taken steps to offer stronger guarantees to their depositors. Spain is reportedly considering a move to follow suit, and British politicians were in talks with banks on Monday night about a stopgap measure to inject government funds into selected institutions...