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...other can opener is all around us. Every economic forecast starts with, "Barring further attacks?" Barring a truck bomb on the Golden Gate Bridge, the markets, consumer confidence, and the economy at large should all snap back. Barring a suitcase bomb in the train station in Columbus, Ohio, consumer spending won?t move lower for the indefinite future. Then, fear will seem very real even in small towns. Barring any significant counterpunch from any of the terrorists or their sympathizers in the U.S. or abroad, everything will be just fine...
...chillingly, relating the everyday events of her youth - Aryan students making colored paper swastikas and then asking Jewish students to judge them...Already compared by European critics to the work of Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel, this is an important addition to Jewish, Holocaust and women?s studies. FORECAST: This is a standout in the crowded field of Holocaust memoirs and should have strong sales...
...often painful inner life with subtlety and compassion. Unabashedly sympathetic toward her protagonist, Leaming provides a fascinating glimpse into one of the 20th century?s most famous marriages, and her assertion that Jackie Kennedy deserves more credit than she?s typically gotten for her husband?s successes is persuasive. FORECAST: Leaming?s bio of Katharine Hepburn was a bestseller, and one can predict generous sales for this title...
Although it unfolds with all the excitement of a weather forecast, Flowers does have a plot. To his immense joy, Christos discovers his very own valiant wounded soldier in hiding, a Greek Christian. The soldier is as serious-minded as the young man, and the two share many a deep, rousing talk about the motherland whenever Christos perilously comes over to treat his wounds and learn about the fight first hand. Surprisingly, even though the soldier orders Christos not to help him or go to war, both of which can be considered terrible betrayals, the boy remains steadfast...
...Buddhism, which lies at the heart of Japan's ancient rites and assumptions, is the reality of suffering (which means that anything other than suffering is an unexpected luxury). The second rule is impermanence, which in this context translates into taking the long view of things. The economic forecast calls for overcast skies, I hear my neighbors saying, but that can only change at some point, and in the meantime Japan has the second-largest economy in the world and unparalleled private savings. Besides, a rainy day allows you to do things you would never think to do when...