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Although these best friends soon have to tote hods of excrement up and down twisting Phoenix Mountain trails and mine coal from primitive pits, theirs is not just another grim and baleful tale of forced labor. For these pals are merry pranksters at heart whose spirits never falter. At their first meeting with the village headman, an ex-opium farmer turned communist cadre, the narrator's violin is adjudged a stupid and bourgeois city toy. To prove differently he plays a Mozart sonata. "What's it called?" challenges the headman. Mozart Is Thinking of Chairman Mao is Luo's politically...
...Hull, formerly of the State counter-terrorism bureau and the US Embassy in Cairo. Hull and FBI officials have enjoyed a good relationship in the past, and that solidarity is crucial because while Saleh has pledged to cooperate with the international anti-terrorism effort, FBI officials fear he may falter to out of concern for domestic political repercussions. FBI officials know they don't have the clout to convince Saleh to stay the course - so they hope the State Department and the White House will keep the heat on squarely focused on the Yemeni president...
...Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute in 2000. The book’s palpable reluctance to discuss issues in terms of their real-world connotations speaks to Loury’s personal experience of the messy debate on racial inequality in America. His confidence often seems to falter when he talks about “hot” topics. On the issue of affirmative action, for example, he couches his debate in a theoretical “thought experiment” (a real-world example considered in the abstract), then skirts the issue, then makes a revealing comment...
...Harvard was going to drop one contest on last weekend’s road trip, it was assumed the Crimson would falter in New York City against the Lions, who had yet to lose at Levien Gym this year...
...Mysterious anthrax attacks and the rigid posture of constant vigilance have made the country uneasy. The American economy has received the brunt of the suffering. Already in decline before the attack, it continues to falter...