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...survival of Hindu traditions has been imperiled for centuries, first by Muslim invaders and then by British imperialism. But both were minor nuisances next to the colossus of Western--which is mainly to say American--culture. "My friends are enthralled by the West," Narayan complains. He believes Sanskrit is the way to lure them back. He frequently holds 10-day workshops throughout India, teaching people spoken Sanskrit. When he visits his boyhood village, his father watches him instruct local youngsters. "I think he feels bad because I am not making much money," says Narayan. "But he is proud because...
McCarthy was a gifted minor writer with a penetrating mind and, for all her coldness, considerable charm. She had the treacherous habit of putting real people (friends, enemies, ex-husbands), thinly disguised, into her fiction--a matter, she said, of baking real plums into an imaginary cake. Her unusual compulsion to tell the truth could also be an instrument of vicious distortion. The technique proved lucrative with The Group, her best-selling 1963 novel of her classmates at Vassar and their subsequent lives...
...radio made Schulz and Wirkus minor celebrities because traditional talk radio, dominated by endless rebroadcasts of old standbys Howard Stern and Rush Limbaugh, had no room for new players. "To get on the radio today you have to wait for somebody to die," says Bob Meyrowitz, founder of eYada. To deejay a Net radio show, though, you just need a computer and a perky connection to the Web. A company called Live365.com made Net broadcasting free and much easier than it used to be. Live365 has more than 5,000 broadcasters, with shows like Upbeat '80s and ALL Shania...
...phase of Harvard's Project ADAPT, that relating to financial systems, was implemented July 1, dramatically changing the way Harvard processes financial information. When the $112 million Project ADAPT began, reform of the information system was sorely needed, and although any project of this size is bound to bring minor bugs and annoyances, most of those affected by the change were willing to go along...
Jackson's players often talk about his contributions in abstract terms that reflect his thoughtful outlook on the game. Bryant credits Jackson with helping him to become "more aware" of what's happening on the basketball court. "It sounds like a minor thing," says Bryant, "but it's very big when you're playing at this level to really be aware of everything around...