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...lyrical prose - like a brisk, cold brook dappled with sun. Chettri vividly conjures the social and natural landscapes in which Dhané's miserable story takes place, from trade councils lorded by ruthless landowners, to placid livestock pastures and swollen rice paddies pleating the hills. The book "might not entertain its readers, because that is not its aim," Chettri has written. "I have simply tried to give a picture of the villages in the hills of Nepal...
...feelings about this are conflicted. I'm not disappointed that Lily is learning to entertain herself, because I've been entertaining her for 3 1?2 years and could use a break in which to perform some basic personal hygiene. All the same, I'm confused about what games mean to a person that tiny. After all, video games didn't really exist when...
...situation is simple for one so complicated. Kosovo, the wayward Serbian province that is 90 percent ethnic Albanian, will settle for nothing short of independence. Serbia refuses to entertain any possibility of that happening. Unsurprisingly, then, the two failed to reach any kind of understanding by Dec. 10, the deadline set by the United Nations for negotiations on Kosovo’s eventual status. With that deadline passed, Kosovo is widely expected to secede and become the world’s youngest country. But it is ignoring the consequences of a sudden divorce. As it stands, an independent Kosovo could...
...Alliance sought to address such doubts by launching a number of initiatives. Noor unveiled a $100 million media fund whose purpose is "to support the production and distribution of films that entertain as well as enlighten - films that will enhance the connections that already exist between different societies, but are seldom noted on screen and in popular culture." And Qatar princess Sheika Moza bint Nasser-el-Missned announced a multimilli-dollar investment in Silatech, a global initiative designed to help youth around the world find meaningful employment...
...called the beginning of discussions on security guarantees. "This is an important declaration because we still in Poland do not see the right balance between the costs and the benefits of this installation," he said. The Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza reported Wednesday that Washington may be willing to entertain security guarantees, but remains "cool" to the idea of providing Poland with Patriot or similar air defense batteries because this might interfere with plans for a NATO-wide system...