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...century Kojiki; early poetry from the 8th century collection Manyoshu; the sublime socio-psychological epics by the legendary 11th century Heian court ladies; Zen-inflected 14th century battle tales and Noh dramas; haiku, travelogues, kabuki and puppet plays of the Edo period (1600-1868); and the panoply of modern novels, poetry and plays from the Meiji era on. Still read by Japanese-literature students, the anthology alone would have secured Keene's stature. But he has since published, on average, an English-language book every two years - gems on Japanese culture and history, in addition to his acclaimed translations...
...HELPED OPEN THE DOOR for modern biotechnology. Contrary to the then widely held view that bacteria reproduced by cell division, thereby creating genetically identical clones, graduate student Joshua Lederberg discovered in the '40s that bacteria can have sex, reproduce and exchange genetic material. The research won him half the 1958 Nobel Prize. Later, the longtime Rockefeller University president became the first to demonstrate that an organism's genetic material could be manipulated...
After the huge success in 2002 of his first novel, The Yacoubian Building - another scathing examination of Egypt's malaise - Al Aswany is already drawing comparisons to the nation's Nobel literature laureate, Naguib Mahfouz. Such high praise may be a little premature: Mahfouz founded modern Arabic literature and wrote almost 50 novels over half a century. But Al Aswany - who continues to work on the side as a dentist in Cairo - does share the legendary author's talent for constructing simple stories about Egyptian life that convey universal truths in defense of human dignity. His writing tackles the most...
...mourning period of her death comes to a close, we should take a closer look at her past. Recent eulogies following her tragic death have missed these sub-narratives. Newspaper coverage in the West has emphasized Bhutto’s years at Harvard and Oxford, portraying her as a modern liberal woman who brought Western values back to her chaotic, unruly country. This image is Orientalism at its worst—the validation of a third world leader merely because she was ‘brought up the right...
...superdelegates - party insiders including elected officials, national committee members and state chairmen - who get to vote at the convention by virtue of the positions they hold. The superdelegate concept was created by the party after the 1980 election for just this sort of eventuality, and they are the closest modern equivalent to old-style clubhouse politicians. The Clinton and Obama campaigns have been courting not only superdelegates, but their political advisers and even their campaign donors. Those close to committing one way or the other have been hearing from the candidates themselves...