Word: minding
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Salman Rushdie. Anita Desai. Amitav Ghosh. If you have to describe Indian literature written in English, words like highbrow and worthy come to mind. But while the country's serious writers - most recently Aravind Adiga - continue to attract international acclaim, domestically they are being overshadowed by a new breed of author...
...Most people think it’s just a dorm, but it doesn’t have to be. If you want to do something nice, go for it. It’s important to keep an open mind,” Batt says. “Try to keep it really simple, go with one or two color palettes, and get rid of all the clutter...
...sure you’ve written a funny speech balloon coming out of Lincoln’s mouth. (Suggestion: “A club without [insert your name] cannot stand.”) Give him an extra copy of your résumé carried in your rolling backpack. (Mind the member’s shoes.) And if you don’t get an envelope for Round 2, slip your own envelopes under members’ doors with statements like, “Did you forget?” and “I need...
...relationship with Obama is still in its formative phase, but history may hold some clues. It has been 48 years since a sitting Senator has been elected President, but in that time, five went directly from the Senate to the vice presidency. Some of them - Walter Mondale comes to mind - served as all-purpose advisers and troubleshooters for the President. Others chose specific portfolios - as Al Gore did in taking charge of areas like the environment, technology and reorganizing the operation of the Executive Branch...
...levying a 10% tithe on farmers. Since heroin use is dropping steadily in the West, the value of opium is diminishing - that's why officials are especially alarmed by the Taliban's stockpiles. "Who would have reasons to hold on to a devalued stock? People who have mischief in mind," says Costa. He believes that the Taliban is saving the opium for lean times. He says the hundreds of Afghans working for the U.N. drug office in southern Afghanistan have recently found notices posted by the Taliban advising farmers not to grow opium this year. A similar edict...