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...opulent decor of the lobby of the Inn at Harvard, he is dressed simply in a grey robe and matching pants, a crisp white collar clasped around his neck. Thick bifocals perch gracefully on his nose. Two tufts of snowy-white hair peek from beneath his characteristic red felt hat. He speaks with a soft, gravelly cadence, but carries himself with the gravitas befitting his stature. Chinua Achebe stands as perhaps the most recognizable and lauded African author of modern times. Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year, his premier novel, “Things Fall Apart...
...more than five minutes. The Stable Boy handed Ollie an envelope and a small bag of coins. Through the patrons’ shouts, songs, yells, and roars, this writer was able to make out the following word: “Roxanna.”Ollie rose, tipped his battered hat in the general vicinity of everyone, and walked quickly out the door. The Stable Boy remained at the table. The lamp shone hotly on his perfect face...
...guidance from a mirror on the wall—except this mirror is fractured. rather than reassurance, J. Smith finds “a hundred shattered eyes in the looking glass / Staring back at me.” An eerily distorted distant-sounding guitar combines with the everpresent hi-hat cymbal to reinforce the milieu of gloom developed by the lyrics. “Broken Mirror” also marks a turning point in the album. The songs leading up to it are violent. The beginning of “Something, Anything” blares like the Arctic Monkeys. Healy...
...attack also missed because it was hard to square with Obama himself. The description "old Chicago pol" conjures a stout machine boss wearing a porkpie hat and chomping on a stogie - not a whip-thin black guy trying to quit smoking. Nor was the Chicago machine an ingredient in Obama's political rise. "He didn't rely on the machine for his success," says David Moberg, who has covered Chicago politics closely as a longtime writer for alternative magazine In These Times. "When he ran for the state senate, Congress and the U.S. Senate, he was opposed by the party...
...always checking up on us,” Due to the lack of existing infrastructure in Africa, Abimola has cultivated an alternative business model. Rather than building new companies, Shoreline Energy International acquires existing firms at all stages of energy production. “Vertical integration is old hat in Europe,” Abimbola said. “But in Africa, you need to control the beginning and end of production, since suppliers are unreliable.” The discussion, called “Building a 21st Century African Growth Company,” was hosted by the Harvard...