Word: meridian
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...Sandiganbayan, which he decries as "a waste of money. The cars, the helicopters, the riot squad, it costs too much." But he has no choice as he presses himself into a black, bulletproof Toyota Land Cruiser with his lawyers. On Commonwealth Avenue his jeep passes graffiti sprayed on the meridian: FREE ERAP, POLITICAL PRISONER; and then swings into the guarded parking lot behind the building...
...Hotel Agrabad, the city's best at around $100 a double. Call (880-31) 500-111. Eating well and cheaply is one of Chittagong's stronger points: fill yourself for less than $1 on the kebabs in Jubilee Road or try the restaurant at the Meridian Hotel, which serves excellent Bengali and Chinese food...
...that, says Goodheart, may help strengthen a weakened organ. Goodheart believes that muscles and organs are linked by the same invisible neuropathways and meridian lines tweaked by acupuncturists. It took Goodheart years to ferret out the connections: the shoulders' deltoids map to the lungs; glutei maximi in the butt to the prostate; and the psoas that run through the groin to kidneys...
...that, says Goodheart, may help strengthen a weakened organ. Goodheart believes that muscles and organs are linked by the same invisible neuropathways and meridian lines tweaked by acupuncturists. It took Goodheart years to ferret out the connections: the shoulders' deltoids map to the lungs; glutei maximi in the butt to the prostate; and the psoas that run through the groin to kidneys...
...opportunities and broken dreams, especially in the title track, about a woman whose pluck and resilience are not enough to break the vise of bad luck and bad choices. Harris' geographic specificity in telling the story (variations on the refrain "just across the line and a little southeast of Meridian") only intensifies the sense of isolation and loneliness, and in moments such as these her unflinching gaze and lovely, weary delivery carry the day, or perhaps in this case, the night...