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Hornby's name appears on the front cover of the British edition of Moore's novel A Gate at the Stairs (Knopf; 336 pages), her first since Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? in 1994. It's rare that a blurb escapes from its usual station on the back cover of a book, but if Hornby ever called me the best American writer of my generation, I'd tattoo it on my forehead...
...remember not only what he did, but also who he was and what he represented to the rest of us,” Gomes said. “He took us seriously, but not himself too seriously—a rare and precious quality for a Harvard professor...
...road. It’s called the Ivy Plus Society (the “Plus” is for schools that aren’t officially Ivies but are also kind of cool… you know, like Stanford or something). If you’re looking for that rare someone who’s as smart, good-looking, socially graceful—and most important, as well-educated—as your Ivy League self, then this is the club...
...days after the deadly quake struck Indonesia, the first wave of international rescue teams trickled into Padang, lending their expertise to the unfolding search effort. The first 72 hours after a disaster are critical because it's rare to find survivors after that point, and so Swiss Rescue, dressed in their signature orange jumpsuits, fanned out across town shortly after they landed. By the end of their first foray, the Swiss dogs had located five bodies at the STA Prayoga college and another corpse at the upscale Ambacang Hotel. No survivors were found. But Michele Mercier of Swiss Rescue says...
...even going to offer the pretense of being anything but an extreme right-wing radical anymore. At least it’s honest, and if you’ve seen what he’s said on health care lately, you know that’s a rare feat...