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...folk traditions, and she often errs on one side or the other. As a result, her poetry can sound stilted at times. "Light enters you through every pore/dissolves you into itself," she writes in "Our Lady of the Annunciation." The imagery is too grand and abstract to touch the reader on a visceral level and too removed from the dirty realities of desert life to sound authentic...
...faces but lacking energy and life. The essence of America seems to slip through Rushdie's fingers, and a rich history of pop culture is reduced to a handful of amusing cameos. Narrator Rai becomes myopic in this foreign environment, keeping Vina and Ormus at a distance from the reader and failing to portray them as more than celebrated anomalies...
...scientist can tell you, when at first you don't succeed, reverse the polarities. Try swiping from the bottom real slow-like. This fools the card reader into letting you in where a normal swipe won't do. This maneuver forms the basis for several more complicated routines, such as the "Double-Dip" and "The One-armed Seizure...
This advanced technique is reserved for those who carry their keycards around their necks. Heavily influenced by Eastern philosophy, this no-hands approach will be the envy of all once perfected. Dangle your card at the bottom of the reader until it catches. with a quick jerk of the neck, whip the card up and out of the slot. When executed correctly, you may feel a sharp pain in the small of the back--have no fear, this will be quickly soothed by the glowing accolades from you colleagues...
...with most activities of this complexity, no-method is completely fool-proof. From time to time, even your best efforts will be met only by he stubborn red light on the card reader, blinking insanely, mocking you. The only course of action at this point is swift and violent retribution. Follow a series of "Double-Dips" with a barrage of vicious kicks and off-color remarks. Eventually someone will open the door...