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...Over drinks at his favorite London pub, Bryson, 51, displays none of the cutting humor he unleashes in print. His latest work, African Diary, a slim volume that recounts his journey to Kenya with aid workers from Care International, is also a departure from his usual persona. The millions of fans who have made Bryson's nine books worldwide best sellers will find little acerbity in sober tales of places like the Dadaab refugee camp or Kibera, a slum in southern Nairobi. "I was shocked at what I saw, but I also had to be careful not to damage Care...
...NetEase, the sector's most striking turnaround, has been especially aggressive in tapping what many consider the Internet's true killer app: massive, real-time, multiplayer online games. In August, NetEase began charging for Westward Journey II and Priston Tale, both of which have huge followings in China. Though he won't provide exact figures, acting NetEase CEO Ted Sun says "a substantial proportion" of the company's $7.3 million in third-quarter nonadvertising revenues came from games. (Just last week Sina followed suit by inking a deal with NCsoft, a major Korean game company...
...critically acclaimed and Golden-globe nominated picture Analyze This added a whole new dimension to the gangster film genre: the anxiety-attack prone mafia boss in dire need of psychological help. Moviegoers agreed that this story of the journey of mobster Paul Vitti (Robert De Niro) towards mental stability, aided by his reluctant psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Billy Crystal), was an innovative comedic undertaking which put its then-unknown production companies on the map of Hollywood fame...
...twist his nation's soul, Narendra Modi is first conquering its heart. He's halfway through another 20-hour day on his "Journey of Pride" across the western state of Gujarat, India's industrial powerhouse, and as everywhere, Modi is being mobbed. After a brief speech, he flops, sweating and exhausted, back into the passenger seat of his election campaign bus. The crowd won't leave him alone, however. They reach in through the windows of the bus, heaping armfuls of orange marigold garlands and heady rose petals onto his legs. But his supporters?fervent Hindus all?aren't taken...
...that the student population has read this article, which pinpoints this tragic woman to an exact location, we may all walk past Holyoke Gate “fully informed” and wonder how she could possibly undertake this journey across the Atlantic. Presumably, we are supposed to laugh at the idea of it, as at the idea of her working for Chase, owning her own company, searching for romantic involvement, and writing a resume—all fabulously good jokes considering the bedraggled, ranting woman outside the gates of fair Harvard. The joke is further enriched by the ominous...