Word: peruvian
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...theses, with topics ranging from FrankLloyd Wright's architecture to Peruvian poets, canbe written on either historical or literaturetopics, or both...
...reader remembered that "TIME once described a TV character from the '70s as 'a human oil slick.' Who was that character?" The Fonz? Vinnie Barbarino? Nope. The slickster was J.R. Ewing of Dallas, as depicted in a 1980 cover story. Another recalled a photograph in TIME of two Peruvian surgeons, Drs. Francisco Grana Reyes and Esteban Rocca. "The content of the story," said the reader, "was about a modern-day brain operation using ancient tools from the Mayans." Did we run that? Yes, indeed...
...heart of both books is a deep appreciation of individual liberty, a strong disdain for convention and a young man's infatuation with an interested older woman. Vargas Llosa forged his talent in such rebellious passions. In 1962, Peruvian authorities burned hundreds of copies of his politically explosive first novel, The City and the Dogs. The literary firebrand was also known for his precocious love life...
...better way to take in these breathtaking sights and absorb the rich culture is to stretch your visit to this aerie in the Peruvian Andes. Cuzco is worth a few nights' stay. A good choice there is the Hotel Monasterio, a newly converted Franciscan monastery. Chants echo through the interior courtyards at breakfast, and guests can stroll through the archways and choose between a monkish cell or plusher accommodations...
...three co-writers, Assistant professor of Government Devesh Kapur, former dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School John Lewis and Peruvian economist Richard Webb, feel they and their work have been overlooked...