Word: franticness
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...turtle shells and cattle shoulder blades dating from the 13th and 14th centuries B.C. that bear China's first known writing-mostly prophecies. Hessler, who writes about China for the New Yorker, has fashioned his own oracle bone: a lyrical, sharply observed meditation on the country's rich past, frantic present and uncertain future. We meet obtuse bureaucrats, idealistic scholars and young people on the make. Mostly, Hessler focuses on four people: Emily, who gives up her well-paid factory job to train as a teacher of disabled children; Willy, a gifted young English instructor who blows the whistle...
After receiving a frantic phonecall, Ashley waltzes into the Crimson at 3 a.m., makes a few changes, and presto! Pages are transformed from editor-induced ugliness to designer-created beauty. Ashley takes thinking visually to a whole new level, using thoughtful touches and an extreme creative sense to make FM more than just pretty...
...ended up in a position that was obscure enough for us not to find it in our frantic efforts over three weeks,” Wronoski said. “They could have been there indefinitely...
...ended up in a position that was obscure enough for us not to find it in our frantic efforts over three weeks," Wronoski said. "They could have been there indefinitely...
...Natonski, Marines say, will echo what the commanders overseeing Iraq have told others: That Nov. 19 was a typically frantic day. According to a Pentagon source, the on-scene officers were dealing with "numerous" other significant events, including firefights and bombings. A bombing that killed 15 "would be one of maybe a dozen high-interest items in a single day," says an officer who served in Iraq. But it is clear that Marines misreported the initial incident, did not correct it, and officers did not investigate it. The question Natonski will get - and one that may be answered...