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...insightful tales about the Pirahã, allowing the reader both a better glimpse of the scarcely tenable culture and provoking a chuckle, or a pang of empathy. His anecdotes exude an exotic mystique, generating a certain sense of fantasy. One wonder how can such a people, such a place exist? Take Everett’s story of his brush with a giant anaconda. After he veers his small boat, laden with his family, out of the beast’s path he manages to just catch it with his propeller. “Then a second later the entire snake?...
...concerned with violence, disaster or population explosion. The artist seems in search of a sort of mimesis of consciousness for the modern man—a clustered, disorienting rush of disconnected, yet inexplicably related dialogues on history, culture and gender as they have traveled through time and how they exist now.A baffling, fascinating figure to the end, Conner twice insisted on memorializing himself based on an incorrectly predicted date of death. He had written his own obituary and wrote a description of himself for the encyclopedia “Who Was Who in America.” If Conner...
...raising taxes on the top 1% of wealth earners who have a disproportionate hoarding of America's wealth. Who are McCain and Palin speaking for, if not for this plutocratic top 1%? Obama is not a "socialist" just because he believes that the middle class has a right to exist and prosper. In my country, such a political understanding is hardly radical. It's just a reflection of what just and fair societies in this modern world ought to defend. Rob Evans, Willowdale, Canada...
...people should throw away in a few years to buy another one. We use raw material very efficiently. We're far more advanced than other furniture retailers at using less material in our products. I would foresee that in the not-too-far future solid wood products won't exist in our product categories. Resources are limited, so we use techniques where the wood is in the frame, but basically empty inside. That makes it less heavy to transport, and dramatically reduces the amount of material...
...Analogues of offensive linemen exist throughout Harvard sports; women’s volleyball provides another example. As a setter, junior co-captain Lily Durwood plays a pivotal role on the team, although it may not be readily apparent until you hear from other affiliates of the squad...