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...elves have returned. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy and its prequel, The Hobbit, are some of the best-selling and best-loved novels of all time. But the relatively small body of work published during Tolkien's lifetime describing his remarkably rich and cohesive Middle-earth world of men, dwarves, elves and orcs has left fans rabid for [an error occurred while processing this directive] any scraps of the voluminous unpublished writings the master of myth and fantasy left behind. So hobbitheads worldwide broke out flagons of mead in celebration after Houghton Mifflin's announcement that...
...Paulo. The law serves the middle classes, not the periferia," he adds, referring to the sprawling slums that surround São Paolo. "Now the law of the periferia is being visited on the middle classes." Lula came to power in 2002, promising to reduce a gap between rich and poor that sees 45% of national income going to 10% of the wealthiest households. His government has delivered programs such as the Zero Hunger initiative, which aims to put food on the poorest familes' tables. Since 2002, Brazil has posted low inflation, rising gdp and a strengthening currency...
...original Republican environmental ethos—the conservationism of Gifford Pinchot, a turn-of-the-century Republican who served as the head of the National Forestry Service and founded the Yale School of Forestry. Pinchot took a utilitarian stance: Not strictly opposed to development of wild lands rich in natural resources, he wished to preserve them for commercial initiatives as well as public recreational use, making land use decisions through objective scientific analysis. But there was (and is) another side to the debate: The preservationist movement. Led by John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club, the preservationists wished...
...Getting A Head Start • The New World of Internships Those unpaid summer jobs are no longer for rich kids, college juniors-or even just for summer
...When desirable internships don't pay, they exclude all but the affluent, who can afford to skip paychecks for that career-launching stint carrying a record producer's bags or holding swatches for a famous fashion designer. But many reputable employers, mindful of that inequity (or just sick of rich kids), now pay at least minimum wage...