Word: roberts
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...take long for Barack Obama's rehashed Carter-era insanity to set the record straight on which party is actually pushing the "failed policies of the past." The only question is whether or not he will be able to continue blaming Republicans for the disastrous policies of Democrats. Robert Moon, Cincinnati...
...reform while driving jobs overseas, it should not take long for Barack Obama to set the record straight on which party is actually pushing the "failed policies of the past." The only question is whether he will be able to continue blaming Republicans for the disastrous policies of Democrats. Robert Moon, CINCINNATI, OHIO...
That kind of bad guy is no joke these days, so screenwriters Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade pick their Quantum villain from Column A. Greene is a zillionaire tycoon who uses environmental philanthropy to mask his plan to divert water from the peasants of South America. (Bolivia is the new Chinatown.) Amalric, the French actor often seen in harried, sympathetic roles like the paralyzed writer in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, is effectively reptilian here, his whispers tinged with menace, his smile hinting at sadism...
There could be nobody better suited to describe the hilarious, improbable triumph of Robert Bolaño than Bolaño himself, which is a terrible shame because he's dead. At the time of his death, from liver disease, in 2003, Bolaño was a major writer in the Spanish-speaking world but virtually unknown and untranslated in English. Why that should be is not much of a mystery. Bolaño, who was born in Chile and spent most of his life in Mexico and Spain, is a difficult, angry, self-reflexive writer who lived an erratic and occasionally unpleasant life...
...year will fund the maintenance of the Children’s Home in Bao Ji, Shanxi province, which opened last November. With the help of their major sponsor, the Jenzabar Foundation, the HCC has so far funded surgeries for 40 infants and supported six completed adoptions at this orphanage. Robert A. Maginn, who is the chairman of the Janzabar Foundation, called the fundraiser a “triple win,†benefitting the orphans, the students that participate in helping them, and Harvard College. HCC, the first college branch of a national organization founded by Matthew A. Dalio...