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...1930s witnessed the storm before the storm. The Great Depression destroyed lives and hopes in the U.S. and abroad. Exploiting Germany's old hatreds, Hitler began practicing the inflammatory preachings that set his nation on the path to an unimaginably destructive war. Elsewhere, Stalin tightened his barbaric grip on the U.S.S.R., an expansionist Japan invaded China, and Spain plunged into prophetic civil war. Page by page (800 of them), this synoptic tour de force by a British historian propels the reader toward the inevitable cataclysms...
...lost the ability to choose exactly the right words for a situation that he displayed so brilliantly in that other Straits staple "Romeo and Juliet." "Who's Your Baby Now" hints at the zydeco-tinged strains of Straits standards like "Walk of Life" without any of the latter's grip. The album benefits from Knopfler's breezy guitar licks, especially in "What It Is," but the whole effect comes across as something better suited to a National Public Radio road show than to MTV or any other non-niche venue...
...other time, Indyk would probably have received a lighter administrative penalty. But Washington is in the grip of security paranoia. After the FBI's bungled espionage investigation of government nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee, the Administration is eager to show it is not singling out Asian Americans for security violations. Albright, under fire from Congress for lax safeguards at the State Department, was not about to give Indyk just a slap on the wrist. Besides, relations between the two had grown chilly because of clashes over how the U.S. should deal with Iraq. "So she's hung Martin...
...long, long stretches. Instead, Harvey relates his own fascination with cartography and reveals that as a child, he had an uncommonly keen sense of direction. Famous mapmakers of the past are resurrected and given thumbnail biographies. The sequential digressions are occasionally diverting, but some readers, trying to maintain a grip on the story's thread, may conclude, alas, that magazine editors serve a purpose...
...getting at 10 in the morning. Are McKinsey recruiters ringing the star Ec concentrators with offers of multi-million dollar contracts? Are the Gov jocks waiting for a personal appeal from Gore or Bush? Is there an illicit network of drug deals going down on campus? Get a grip: we're all students, and we should show a little more respect for our esteemed professors and our classmates...