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...Rushdie is forced to describe in terms of its (hazardous) effects on her surroundings: arrested traffic, collisions with lamp posts and occasional tears. But the reader is given little reason to sympathize with Solanka’s love for Neela besides her beauty. We are given only the briefest insight into her background, and her passion for her native country’s freedom remains a background consideration until the novel’s final pages. In contrast, a male friend of Solanka’s, who is dead before the book opens, is given an extensive, engaging history, full...
...Boston. Dertouzos predicted in 1976 that 1 out of 3 homes would have a PC by the mid-'90s. In 1993 he spearheaded the expansion of the World Wide Web beyond government and business uses. Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee praised Dertouzos as "a spring of enthusiasm, capability, insight and experience that drove a half-formed idea...into an international reality...
...This is a welcome change to the CUE guide, and the many students who use the comments presented in the guide will be grateful for the added clarity. By better organizing the CUE’s invaluable information, the publishers have offered helpful insight into the minds of fellow Harvard students. It is also reassuring that no longer will a small majority find the CUE guide difficult to decipher, nor will a preponderance (let alone a “smattering”) believe it to be confusing...
...Aaliyah lived in New York City, but she wasn't really comfortable bringing journalists to her place. So we met, a few months ago, in a Manhattan hotel room. Reporters generally hate hotel room interviews. There's generally nothing to say about the d?cor, nothing that gives you insight into the star's personality. It's a hotel room...
...year-end 10 Best list (Harry Knowles of the popular ain't-it-cool-news.com picked the defiantly weird Requiem for a Dream as his No. 1). The web is where traditional criticism is democratized, where the ?lite meet defeat at the hands of the cyber-rabble. You don?t need experience, insight or a spell- check function (Note to all websters: "its" is a possessive, "it?s" is a contraction), just passion and a lot of spare time...