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...great novel." Fans would disagree, though Ballard has few pretensions. "I detest the literary novel," he says. "It's about social relationships, and, by definition, it requires a static society where all those little arabesques can be analyzed. But society is not static at all." Nor is Ballard eager to analyze himself. "I've thought about writing a memoir, but I'm not sure I could," he says. "Various people have approached me about a biography. But that would require hundreds of hours of interviews about my parents and the like, which I don't necessarily want to consider...
...mellowed somewhat when it comes to names. Foreign ones are still out, but in recent years a number of previously banned Persians names have been restored to the official list. Every few years there's a sudden profusion of now antique-sounding names like Aryo and Armiti, as eager parents follow the de-banning closely. After all, what's cooler than a formerly banned name? I don't know yet if the name I've picked is banned or not. There's reason to suggest it is, but similar names are now common and so maybe it will be okay...
...plop on the beach somewhere." But to celebrate their early retirement last year, the Evanston, Ill., couple rented a spacious Paris apartment for six months. "We always regretted that neither of us had done a junior year abroad," says Conlon, 48, a former health-care-industry executive who was eager to immerse herself in another language and culture...
...South Africa. It's 10 o'clock in the morning in this village outside Johannesburg, home to some 300 children, many of whom have lost their parents to AIDS. Time for recess is approaching. After hours of morning instruction, the children are ready to burst forth into the schoolyard--eager to run, jump and take a spin on the merry-go-round...
...EAGER FRESHMAN: “So would you say that mountains were sacred in the Mesoamerican lifestyle...