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Uzodinma Iweala (U-zod-din-ma EE-wall-a), a 23-year-old Harvard graduate who grew up in Washington, D.C., has written an extraordinary debut novel, Beasts of No Nation (HarperCollins), that is basking in critical acclaim. The book tells the story of Agu, a child soldier in an unnamed country in Western Africa, who has been recruited by a unit of guerrilla fighters after watching his own father being slaughtered. The author visited Nigeria, where his mother is currently the finance minister, frequently when he was growing up, and lived there last year, working with refugees. We chatted...
...Marines, creating dozens of chilling prints where content and color blend in perfect harmony. In the background of some prints are maps of the Middle East; in others, astronomical maps of constellations which resemble bombing targets. Bright, iconic images and words, such as American flags, guns, cannons, excerpts of ee cummings’ poetry, and the words “Semper Fidelis” (“always faithful”), are superimposed upon the maps. Yet these prints are only a part of Stinetorf’s family’s larger effort to make a quilt and tapestry...
That makes someone you have never heard of, Chiqui (pronounced Chick-ee) Cui, one of the most powerful men in the global economy. The U.S. ran a $162 billion trade deficit with China last year and, as Wal-Mart's top buyer in the country, he is a big part of the transmission belt linking China and the U.S. A gentle-spoken Filipino, Cui, 54, is managing director for Greater China and North Asia in Wal-Mart's global-procurement department. So, for factory owners across China, he is, simply put, the man to see. Every day on the fourth...
...Listening to the show on the Mercury Theatre on the Air website, I winced to hear Wong make three gaffes in less than a minute: pronouncing the Welles character's name once as "Aye-Wan," a few moments later as "Ee-Wan"; then blowing a simple line ("Oh I'm not used - not used to - oh I'm used to serving, not sitting down with the others"); and finally stammering out a scene-ending sentence ("Tell me more, En-lan - En-lan - tell me more about this revolution") while the other actors try to cover and step on her line...
...think about how you'll buy. If it's on credit and you don't pay your balance in full every month, you could be losing out. For example, the Series EE savings bond you collect from BondRewards carries a 2.84% interest rate, so unless you've got a real deal on financing charges, you're likely to hand over more in interest payments to your credit-card company than the government slips back...