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...fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it." And those readers who feel they are wasting their time with novels unless they are picking up facts will welcome Süskind's encyclopedic overview of the methods of making perfume. Like the best scents, there is something fundamentally formulaic about this novel, but its effects will linger long after it has been stoppered. --By Paul Gray Best Sellers...
...China's Religions An overview of the country's major religions including Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity and Islam are described on this site. Additional resources include digital archives, texts and guides to religious associations...
Biograph, a handily priced ($30) five-record retrospective of Dylan's career, is a heady reminder of his importance, the sort of overview usually given only to artists entering their eighth decade or ones who have met an untimely end. Dylan, however, released his 29th album, Empire Burlesque, in June, and, on that evidence, is still working at full power. So Columbia Records' release of Biograph puts him into a unique position: he is competing with himself, and is stacked up against his own past besides. No wonder he has professed mixed feelings about the Biograph project and took...
...social sciences departments hold similar events. To assist students who are already more focused in their interests, or students who are interested in learning more about a particular field, we also ask each department to hold its own smaller open house where both instructors and concentrators could provide an overview of their fields. Finally, we encourage wider advising during freshman week for students who are entirely undecided on even a broad field of study. Before their first shopping period, freshmen should have an inkling of where to start in Harvard’s voluminous course catalog...
...overview of what “end-of-life choices” mean for Schiavo, I refer you to the Exit Protocol prepared for her in 2003 by her health care providers (available online at http://www.cst-phl.com/050113/sixth.html). In the midst of her starvation, Terri will most likely be treated for “pain or discomfort” and nausea which may arise as the result of the supposedly humane process of bringing about her death. (Remember that Schiavo is not terminally ill.) She may be given morphine for respiratory distress and may experience seizures. This protocol confirms what...