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PREP CURTIS SITTENFELD A surprise best seller, Prep is the story of a quiet, watchful, chronically insecure (even by adolescent standards) girl who transfers from her Indiana public high school to an exclusive Massachusetts boarding school. More than a peek inside the dorm rooms of the élite, it's an astonishing portrait of what it's like to be that silent girl whom nobody notices...
...controversial, and few were opposed to these features. But the referendum provided a chance for millions to vote not only against Chirac, but also - belatedly - against the E.U. accession of 10 new states and the prospect of Turkey's admission. French voters vented their animosity toward their political élite, and their fears about how globalization might gnaw away at their social-welfare system. Dutch voters rammed home an even more resounding no on the constitution three days later, leaving the project effectively dead and the Union bound to slalom through a welter of existing treaties for at least another...
...outmoded approach to race, immigration and integration. Gautham Venkata-Chalam Ottawa It is an illusion to believe the generous social-welfare benefits France offers its citizens - including millions of immigrants mostly from Arab countries - will bring social peace. How can the government, the left-wing media and élite French society turn a blind eye to the hatred brewing in immigrant housing projects? The greatest damage inflicted by the riots has been to the hopes of young Arab men and women who really want to become integrated into their adopted country. Jayant Gala Brossard, Canada The rage expressed night after...
Rogers, an Air Force major and experienced fighter pilot, is part of an élite group of U.S. troops playing a crucial role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the U.S.'s most notorious playground. From Nellis Air Force Base, outside Las Vegas, Rogers controls a Predator, a flimsy drone that has been transformed from a spy plane into one of the wars' most lethal weapons. Predators played a key part in catching Saddam Hussein and have killed al-Qaeda suspects in Pakistan and Yemen. In September a Predator tracked 11 insurgents who had attacked a U.S. base...
...title track), it is not as unlistenable as “Struggle”; at times Kweli’s ’97-’98 brilliance shines through. Talib is recuperating here, showing his audience that his career is not restricted to hip-hop-lite collaborations with Mary J. Blige (instead bringing in underground heavyweights MF Doom and Jean Grae for this album), and that he can still spit like no other.The album’s mixtape aesthetic and lack of a radio single means one of two things. Either Kweli is trying to return...