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...impossible to read “North of South,” Shiva Naipaul’s cynical yet deeply moving account of a late 1970s journey through East Africa, without being reminded of the travel writings of his legendary elder brother, V.S. Naipaul. Only 40 when he died of a heart attack in 1985, the unfortunate younger Naipaul cannot escape comparisons to his sibling, older by 13 years and a literary behemoth and Nobel Laureate often described as Britain’s greatest living writer. Shiva Naipaul’s work is more than worthy of notice...
...course on classical Chinese ethical and political theory to attract that much attention. Sure, we all know about Confucius, and maybe Sun Tzu too. But considering Harvard students' tendency to take eight classes with overlapping subject matter in order to pad their GPAs, it's surprising that this East Asian studies class had students packed and overflowing into the hallway (and about half the students there had to stand). But wait for it, wait for it: its official title is Moral Reasoning 78, and only two other Moral Reasoning classes are being offered this fall. While this may force students...
...former U.S. Ambassador to NATO R. Nicholas Burns as well as British diplomat Rory Stewart. Ellwood also said that O’Sullivan’s field of expertise is particularly important for the Kennedy School, as “this is an incredibly important time in the Middle East and South Asia.” Last spring the school hosted Gen. David H. Petraeus, a friend of O’Sullivan’s who was also instrumental in developing the troop surge in Iraq. O’Sullivan has spent time working on both Middle Eastern and South...
...women to become a wildly successful celebrity. After finding herself dissatisfied with mundane voiceover work, Berg created her own radio show, “The Rise of the Goldbergs” (later shortened to “The Goldbergs”). Centered on the life of a lower East Side Jewish family of immigrant parents and first-generation American children, the show was a national hit. Berg played the doting mother, Molly Goldberg, while also producing and writing every script for the show that ran Monday through Friday from 1929-1945. The radio program later spawned a television show...
...believe there is a conflict between us and the dear Sunni people in Iraq that needs mediation." - In a televised interview. (Middle East Broadcasting, transcript from Federal News Service, Sept...