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Musk and Carmack represent the opposite extremes of the business. Musk already has a working business, operating SpaceX since 2002 out of a warren of old repair shops and warehouses in El Segundo, Calif., an area with a long aerospace history. He plans to move soon to nearby Hawthorne, into a cavernous plant that once turned out 747s. He has set aside half of his $200 million PayPal payout and has hired close to 250 people, from such outfits as Boeing and Grumman as well as from Silicon Valley...
...could a chapter entitled “The Scholar” capture the life of a man by reducing him to one label and all of its connotations? But after reading the chapter, the wisdom of Barrett’s minimalist chapter headings becomes clear.By introducing Khaled Abou El Fadl to the world as “The Scholar,” Barrett strives to illuminate the role of the scholarly Muslim in American society. The chapter does not even begin with Abou El Fadl’s own name. It starts with an anecdote about an Asian American convert...
...Cockfighting is so popular in Nicaragua that it has become part of commercial and political culture as well. One of the largest electronics distributors in the country is called "El Gallo Mas Gallo" (the cock of the walk); and President Daniel Ortega ran unsuccessfully for office in 1996 campaigning on the image of "The fighter cock with razorblades strapped to his feet" - an image he toned down for his victorious presidential bid last year...
...that end, the series tends to concern the interrelated specters of terrorism, crime, drug abuse, and corruption, sadly familiar to much of Zein’s readership. In response, the heroes of the series must make use of regional values, described in the magazine by co-manager Marwan El Nashar as “family values, heritage pride and history, as well as interaction in society.”COMIC COLONIALISM?But like the Teshkeel Media Group, AK Comics seeks also to transcend the cultural gap between (Middle) East and West, recently signing a distribution contract with a major American...
...watched “Pan’s Labyrinth” (“El Laberinto del Fauno” in its native Spanish) the night before a Spanish final exam last semester, thinking a Spanish-language film would help me hablar español más mejor. But, since my shaky beginner skills couldn’t handle the added curveball of a Castellano lisp, I ended up reading the subtitles. The resultant experience felt more useful for my beloved English classes than for my Spanish, however, since it gave me an opportunity to revel in the beautiful...