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...clamor - both its historical perspective and vision for the future are long and lasting. As we saw during the opening ceremonies, China is willing to share its traditions and accept those of foreign cultures. It is this combination that will eventually produce a better China in the not-so-distant future. John Paul O. Chua, Iloilo, The Philippines...
...clamor - both its historical perspective and vision for the future are long and lasting. As we saw during the opening ceremonies, China is willing to share its traditions and accept those of foreign cultures. It is this combination that will eventually produce a better China in the not-so-distant future. John Paul O. Chua, Iloilo, The Philippines
...terrible irony of Hurry Down Sunshine is that you can hear in Greenberg's beautiful figurative language the not-so-distant echo of Sally's manic speech. They're both full of surprise metaphorical connections ("her eyes turn to polished coal") and abrupt right-angle turns. His literary talent is not unrelated to her curse: the startling associative imagery that gives his writing its power is like a domesticated version of the madness that nearly carried away his daughter's life...
...people beginning to embrace a modern civilization while maintaining their roots in traditional culture. As we saw during the opening ceremonies, China is willing to share its traditions and accept those of foreign cultures. It is this combination that will eventually produce a better China in the not-so-distant future. John Paul O. Chua, ILOILO CITY, PHILIPPINES...
...were sold into slavery by other Africans, the descendants of whom still live in Africa. If black Americans travel to Ghana expecting—at least to some degree—a homecoming, they might be surprised by many Ghanaians’ unwillingness to talk about the not-so-distant past. Even among Ghanaians, the issue of who comes from slave ancestry and who comes from free families is rarely discussed, although sometimes these histories dictate modern social niches. While this “culture of silence” is not absolute, it is powerful. For example, a detailed search...