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...Spanish language and Latin American cultures continue their slow creep into the American mainstream, it should come as no surprise that comics have begun to reflect that change. But where lesser comix have settled for throwing a token Latino into the story, La Perdida ($20; 275 pages), Jessica Abel's intense new graphic novel from Pantheon, goes deeper. In fact, it goes "native." Featuring a story about an idealistic American living in Mexico and written in Spanglish dialogue, La Perdida examines what is increasingly becoming a major cultural shift in the U.S. by looking at it from the other side...
MOST FACTORIES ARE FAIRLY ANONYMOUS, but Roberto Cavalli's headquarters, which are 10 minutes from the Florence airport, instantly reflect the Italian designer's taste for vibrant prints. The minute visitors enter the reception area, they are assaulted by chairs and sofas covered in loud animal stripes and spots...
...added that it was necessary to take into account the differences between the two schools in order for the competition to remain fair. The president of Yale’s blood drive program, Irving Ye, thinks that the point system should be modified to better reflect the college’s differences before next year’s drive. This year, Harvard managed to raise its blood quota by nearly 12 percent. Yale’s total dropped more than 6 percent from last year. Ye said that the competitive element raised attendance at Yale but added that most people...
...hardly matters that when people in China Google Tiananmen, the results do not include photos of rows of tanks. Google's different versions reflect the thinking of different people. In China, people prefer to look forward. But in the West, people like to look back. The Western media are full of stories about massacres, genocide and dictatorships in remote countries that most Western readers are barely aware of. China's Tiananmen Square is such a great place, the entrance to the magnificent Forbidden City. Why do Westerners prefer to see the tanks on the street...
...Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing body, voted last April to divest from PetroChina. Although the petition’s website—www.harvarddivest.com—showed only the signatures of 73 students as of last night, Hazlett said it would soon be updated to reflect the current tally of approximately 200 names. “My personal target for this is 1,000,” said Hazlett, expressing confidence that this year’s tally will surpass last year’s total.“We’re still...