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...person, the author possesses a remarkable stony expression that clashes with his movie-idol good looks; he projects a physical sense of the intense focus and purposefulness that powers his writing. His protagonists are often humble people who blossom in the face of difficulty. His most important novel is generally considered to be Désert, published in 1980 and largely set in the Moroccan Sahara. A lyrical, occasionally hallucinatory work, it deals with the marginalized but still fundamentally vital lives of African nomads, as contrasted with the bleakness of modern urban European life. "Western culture has become too monolithic...
Until now, anyway. The governor's comedian doppelgänger has essentially taken control of Public Sarah Palin: the composite of images, biography and attitudes that stands in for the actual person in voters' minds. Every politician creates a public self--with the assistance, wanted or not, of the media--and a good one is invaluable. If you make a gaffe on foreign policy but Public You is a foreign policy expert, the slip is not a story...
...that the credit markets can function again. Kashkari's job is pivotal; how long Kashkari will hold on to it isn't clear. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson intends to work with whoever is elected Nov. 4 to name a permanent head of the rescue program, get that person confirmed by Congress and install him or her on the job as soon as possible...
...fewer than McCain, and 13 points fewer than Hillary Clinton got among all voters in March.) When asked by Pew in May what they dislike about McCain, the overwhelming majority of respondents cited his political views. In Obama's case, however, nearly a third also mentioned "the kind of person...
Sport bikes may dominate Europe, but Buell's methodology is a distinctly American recipe, one that he has honed by fostering a culture of cooperation, ownership and innovation. The nine models Buell sells can be run at any time on its single 50-person assembly line. Each station uses handicraft instead of the automation characteristic of most lines. Small teams promote ownership, and there are no individual supervisors, which cuts out a hierarchical layer. To avoid boredom, each employee is required to know the job ahead of him and behind him on the line and rotates throughout the week. "People...