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...however, counters that while Ban “is not a man who is going to overwhelm you with a sparkling set of new ideas, as you see him and talk to him at greater length, you see that while his style is diplomatic, underneath it’s very thoughtful...
...owing to the deep anxieties surrounding Hong Kong's return to China in 1997). The book nears conclusion with Moss's eventual appointment as department head and it also-in a marvelous final twist-relates a fall of sorts. During his career, Moss kept his employer at arm's length not only emotionally but contractually, turning down opportunities to join the government's "permanent and pensionable establishment" in favor of remaining on ad hoc terms. This meant that he retired, at 58, without the comfortable pension that a long-serving official could expect. Neither had he saved the bonuses that...
Thank the cruel, vengeful gods for Cormac McCarthy, who delivers a much more comprehensive apocalypse in The Road (Knopf; 241 pages), which is about half the length of Thirteen Moons but 20 times as ruthless. The scenario: a man and his son push a shopping cart with a wiggly wheel through a landscape from which all plant and animal life has been scoured by some undefined but definitive calamity--we know only of "a long shear of light and then a series of low concussions" that left survivors "sitting on the sidewalk in the dawn half immolate and smoking...
...other teams and securing first place after round one. Emily Balmert, already victorious this year at the Dartmouth Invitational, held the outright lead with a 75. The team rose to the challenge against the renowned difficulty of the Yale University Golf Course, whose 6,232 yards demanded length off the tee but whose massive, undulating greens called for laser-guided precision on mid- and short-irons. “The course puts a premium on accuracy, probably most so on the approach,” said rookie Claire Sheldon, who shot a two-day 155. “There...
...theaters this summer, and, ticket sales went up about 6% the first week of summer compared to summer 2005’s first week. “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” drew in almost $4 billion, despite its exasperating length and tiresome nonstop action sequences. Meanwhile, “Superman Returns” lured the Clark Kent-obsessed out of their mother’s basements while “The Devil Wears Prada” attracted a solid audience and featured the impressive acting chops of Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway...