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...marine biologist looking for a rare dolphin that might inhabit its waters, and Kanai, a bored rake from Delhi on the lookout for a more common sort of catch?a lonely American. Things go topsy-turvy for Kanai when Piya decides her search for the dolphin will need the expert guidance of Fokir, a silent, brooding local fisherman who exudes immense sexual charisma. This irritates Kanai, who tries to prove to Piya that talkative, urbane men aren't short on sexual charisma, either. The three of them head off on a boat to find a few dolphins. Sexual tension piles...
...well by constructing major reservoirs for irrigation and became self-sufficient in food grains. But then both the state and central governments neglected irrigation and construction of reservoirs, allowing 50% of river-water resources to go to waste in the sea. India's politicians have a habit of ignoring expert advice if it does not suit their selfish interests. In view of the diminishing rainfall, India needs to construct more reservoirs and transfer surplus water from one area to another to increase production of food and hydroelectric power. The states should learn to share available water and help improve...
...journalists to spare their lives," the Jordanian Islamic Action Front declared in a rare display of unity with the national government. Negotiating a release, though, is a tricky business. "The problem is, the nature and control of these groups are evolving and radicalizing all the time," says French terror expert Roland Jacquard, who has worked as an adviser to the Elysée in the hostage crisis. "Alliances are made and cut over night. It's total chaos." Will the rapprochement between France's Muslims and the rest of society last? Some say that the government should reward the country...
...unexpected ways. Rudolph Dirk's Katzenjammer Kids, two of America's earliest cartoon troublemakers, now appear as the twin towers personified. In another strip Spiegelman depicts himself as Jiggs, the Bringing Up Father prole turned jumpy hubby who now watches too much CNN. The artist mimics the old works expertly, along with a wide variety of other artistic styles that reflect the author's fractured state of mind. In less expert hands the clashing visuals may well have collapsed into unreadable chaos. Here they knit into an edgy cohesion...
That makes perfect sense to Leonard Poon, director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Center. Since 1988 he has studied American centenarians--he calls them "expert survivors"--and compared them to people in their 80s ("master survivors") and to relative youngsters in their 60s. Poon found that out of 16 personality traits, the experts exhibited four coping mechanisms. First, he says, "centenarians are more dominant. They want to have their way," and they are not easily pushed around. Many are characterized by "suspiciousness. They do not take information on the superficial level" but will question an issue and think...