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...mid '80s, Tusk and a group of other Solidarity intellectuals began publishing an underground monthly pamphlet featuring the writings of the liberal economist Friedrich Hayek and essays on private property. Their heroes were Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. "We had to wait many, many years for our way of thinking to be accepted in Poland," Tusk says. "But now it has been. And we are ready...
...four continents. In addition, she said that she writes letters to her mother every day. Among her most noted works is her 1982 novel “The House of the Spirits,” an example of magical realism, a style incorporating magical elements often used by mid-20th century Latin America authors. She said that “Spirits” would be difficult for her to write today because she has evolved into a simpler, more precise writer. At last night’s event, which was sponsored by the Harvard Book Store, Allende described her motives...
...beyond cruel how the Admissions Office announced they would accept no transfers after applications had been composed and recommendations obtained. Imagine if an I-banking firm announced in mid-March that they suddenly wouldn’t need any interns or employees, after candidates had slaved away over résumé building and interviews...
...Every so often, Ann would leave Indonesia to live in Hawaii-or New York or even, in the mid-1980s, Pakistan, for a microfinance job. She and her daughter sometimes lived in garage apartments and spare rooms of friends. She collected treasures from her travels-exquisite things with stories she understood. Antique daggers with an odd number of curves, as required by Javanese tradition; unusual batiks; rice-paddy hats. Before returning to Hawaii in 1984, Ann wrote her friend Dewey that she and her daughter would "probably need a camel caravan and an elephant or two to load...
...That may be overstating it, somewhat: It's unlikely that most Mexicans really feel that mid-19th century life was exactly "ideal." But the heat generated online by the ad does reveal that the war and resultant redrawing of the map 160 years ago can still spark a furor on both sides of the border. Thousands of critics accused the ad of being anti-American and took pains to defend the inclusion of the southwestern states into the union. "It is absurd to believe that the U.S. stole Texas and California since most inhabitants of the Southwest considered the 19th...