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According to the most recent Securities Exchange Commission filings available, the Harvard stake in Unocal is approximately $2.1 million. However, BAM’s call for divestment from Unocal has a critical flaw: Unocal is no longer invested in Burma. Unocal has formally sold its stake in the oil pipeline that was the subject of much controversy, and they have settled two separate cases with EarthRights International regarding the issue. In fact, according to annual reports, Unocal currently has no involvement with any onshore Burmese operations; their only current local affiliation is with an off-shore drilling operation that...
...Chocolate” has any flaw, it is that the information is too scattered. From Mesoamerica, Rosenblum jumps to France and then back to Mexico and then to France again. Though some chapters focus primarily on growers, information about cacao cultivation is also woven into other sections of the book. Sometimes it is difficult to keep track of Rosenblum’s journey...
...classic flaw that plagues the memoir genre is that of self-indulgence. The writer certainly has the authority to relate his or her particular tale to the audience, but why should they care to read it? Who is this person writing and why is this life worth understanding...
...coming punky-jumpy-dance stage presences, do nothing to promote the kind of liminal experimentation that continually advances, and in fact limit it: it’s been proven time and again that what’s familiar sells almost as well as sex. That’s the flaw of your Jack Johnsons and John Meyers: companies are willing to invest in this brand of songwriter because they do little to rock the boat. How much risk do you think there is in a good looking musician who plays uptempo, heart-on-sleeve acoustic-guitar rock...
Getting over that will be Foer’s greatest obstacle when he sits down to write his third book. “Extremely Loud,” for all its richness and readability, exposes his apparent fear of writing about himself, and suggests a fatal flaw that will hold him back if he doesn’t get over it soon. While his rhetoric has gotten less stilted and his storytelling has become more fluid since “Everything Is Illuminated,” his continued reluctance to just be himself, instead of impersonating a grandmother, a young...