Word: neighborism
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...turned out, the bird belonged to my neighbor through the fire door. How he managed to keep a live animal in the House, and how I managed to go the whole year without speaking to him, I do not know. I do know that over the course of the semester, I grew more and more attached to that bird—or at least more intimately aware of its mood swings and squawking schedules. I realized the extent to which my life was inextricably tied to the two rooms through the fire doors in my Kirkland bedroom...
Dining hall tables abound with tales of overheard fire door sex. One friend of mine had to move her bed after her neighbor and his girlfriend discovered a new position that entailed ramming furniture into the wall. In another unrelated case last year, a friend of mine went so far as to shout sex advice through the fire door (“I don’t think she’s enjoying that!”). Moment of full and embarrassing disclosure: I once discovered that a friend was hooking up with my then-boyfriend’s neighbor...
Farmer is, above all, a gifted clinician, and he developed in Haiti something he calls "the P.I.H. model," a formula for administering first-class health care in dirt-poor settings. Every AIDS or TB patient is assigned a paid health worker, or accompagnateur--generally a friend, relative or neighbor--who will handle the drugs and make sure they are taken on schedule. The patient is also given what the doctors hope will be enough food for a family of five. "You can't take these meds on an empty stomach," Farmer explains, "and you can't treat a wasting disease...
...well as the jealousy that Freddy feels when an Arab boy comes into the picture. In “L’Humanité,” a shy, unassertive boy-next-door (Emmanuel Schotté) investigates a rape and murder case while struggling with his feelings for his neighbor (Sèverine Caneele). “Twentynine Palms” traces a couple’s footsteps as they journey through the American Southwest. Heavily laden with both: intriguing storylines and intense portrayals of sex, violence, and tension, Dumont’s films have won top awards at film...
...herding cows and donkeys. But this afternoon, the Gambian port of Farafenni is a ghost town. Bereft of customers, traders are closing their shops, pulling down corrugated shutters and tugging on the padlocks to make sure they're secure. A two-month-old dispute between Gambia and its enveloping neighbor Senegal has cut river crossings, the lifeblood of Farafenni's business, to a trickle. "This is hurting both of us," says port tax collector Karamo Marong, counting out a thin clump of sweaty bills that is his day's meager haul. "And it's ordinary people who suffer." At issue...