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...Europe: according to a U.N.-backed proposal unveiled Feb. 2, the formerly Serbian province of Kosovo is about to become an independent state. Ethnic Albanians, who make up the bulk of Kosovo's population, welcomed a plan that brings them to the brink of fulfilling their century-old dream; Serbia and Kosovo's Serb minority have already rejected it, and they're struggling in vain to prevent its implementation. But as the wheels of diplomacy spin, the impact of this change on the lives of people on both sides of the border is a far more subtle thing than either...
...Hold extra practice sessions at midnight. 3) Pull pranks on fellow players and dare them to retaliate. "Don't play with a guy who doesn't have a conscience about things," Arenas warns. During a road trip, Arenas filled teammate Andray Blatche's hotel bathtub with coffee. And 4) dream of a post-playing career in advertising. He has strange ideas for commercials for his shoe company, Adidas, whose tagline is "Impossible is nothing...
...coffee shop eight years ago, Wang's annual income has vaulted more than 1,500%, to $7,500. "Five years ago, I'd be happy if I had a little money to buy a small snack on the street. I was yearning for KFC, and my dream was to get pizza," Wang recalls...
...principle of inclusion. The absurdity of defining someone as black who to all appearances was white was turned on its head by blacks who used the one-drop rule to enlarge both the black group and its leadership with light-skinned persons who, elsewhere in the Americas, would never dream of identifying with blacks...
...Evil One at [Hitler’s] conception,” the narrator says.Throughout the book, Adolf does not become evil as a result of his choices or his environment; he is born evil and further shaped by the devil-narrator, who carefully sends him “dream-etchings” and minor commands. But what Mailer—who once championed the cause of existentialism and wrote forcefully on the need to “act, and act dangerously”—does not seem to understand is that by transferring agency away from Hitler...