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Cyprus is perhaps the best example of what might be called the John Donne principle of world affairs: no country is an island, entire of itself; every country is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. The "intercommunal" enmity between Greek and Turkish Cypriots has always been...
Her "15 minutes" come when she tries out for Adam's commercial, putting Madonna to shame while she sucks down a French soda and oozes, "Le Rican, me donne le bon temps" (the American gives me a good time). One of the funniest moments in the play, her chemistry with...
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. And I'm not quite sure what to give him. I could cook him a gourmet dinner and read him John Donne by candlelight.
It has never been a secret that the Americas and Europe reciprocally influenced each other, although the focus in much traditional history was on how the colonializers tamed -- or exterminated -- the natives and resettled the land along European models. The process worked both ways. The New World galvanized the European...
In the current politically correct climate, Donne's rapturous recognition can easily be dismissed as a typically white European male response toward unclaimed territory, combining voyeurism, sex and predatory aggression. This reading filters out all the fun and, more important, the awe and wonder that the Americas sparked in European...