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...narrator isn’t just Aciman’s projection of how he believes women want men to think, feel and obsess over them, since there doesn’t appear to be much emotional impetus for the narrator to act on beyond the overwhelming longing and fear he feels for Clara. Ultimately, “Eight White Nights” is too artificial on all its fronts to fulfill Aciman’s ambition of creating an evocative, transcending love story...
...poorest country was ravaged by the Jan. 12 earthquake, people in the developed world turned their Brad-and-Angelina eyes to the tens of thousands left orphaned in the rubble. Well-meaning interest in adopting Haitian kids has spiked worldwide, prompting the Haitian government to apply the brakes for fear that amid the chaos, children might be whisked away illegally. On Jan. 29, that concern seemed borne out when 10 Baptist missionaries from Idaho were arrested trying to ferry 33 children out of Haiti without proper documents. The Americans called their efforts caring, but many Haitians sided with Prime Minister...
...criteria: they have sexual fantasies about cross-dressing, and those fantasies cause "impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas." What's more, the DSM considers aversion to sex a sex disorder, even though the condition has less to do with low sex drive than outsized feelings of fear and avoidance - more like a phobia. (Read why overcoming phobias can be so daunting...
...Singapore casinos, to be sure, have significant long-term advantages. Unlike the crowded gaming markets of Macau and Las Vegas, they will be operating as a duopoly with no immediate fear of further competition. The gambling tax rates will be significantly lower in Singapore than they are in Macau. And, most important, the casinos sit on perhaps two of the most coveted pieces of real estate in the country, enhancing their appeal to both locals and foreigners. Marina Bay Sands is minutes away from the city's downtown offices on a fringe of sea-facing land overlooking the ship-sprinkled...
...quickly draw the force of the state police and paramilitaries, who are in the middle of a months-long anti-Maoist offensive. While the Dongria possess bows and arrows, they "are not violent people," says Samantara. "But if the government uses violence, they will retaliate. That is my biggest fear." If the helicopters head into the Dongria Kondh's abode, there won't be any fearsome, winged Ikran swooping in to save them...