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Indeed, this is basically a buddy-buddy, up-to-the-movie-moment story with dashes of the traditional coming-of-age novel tossed in. More Tom Sawyer than Huckleberry Finn, with the accent on a soft center rather than on gritty harder edges, the formerly "re-educated" Dai Sijie's first novel - a best seller in France - is still a diverting bagatelle abounding in gentle humor, warm bonhomie and appealing charm. No small triumph for a tale set in that unhappy era not too long ago when "every nook and cranny of the land came under the all-seeing...
...furor over an ad on CNN suggests that sex cannot, after all, sell everything. Faced with the star power of morning news anchors Katie Couric on Today and Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America, CNN's promotions department went a different route in touting PAULA ZAHN, the new anchor of its own a.m. show. In a spot that aired on the network several times on Jan. 5 and 6, a male voice described Zahn as "provocative, supersmart and, oh yeah, just a little sexy." The last word seemed to be accompanied by the sound of a zipper. News executives said...
...Indeed, this is basically a buddy-buddy, up-to-the-movie-moment story with dashes of the traditional coming-of-age bildungsroman tossed in. More Tom Sawyer than Huckleberry Finn, with the accent on a soft center rather than on gritty harder edges, the formerly "re-educated" Dai Sijie's first novel?a best seller in France?is still a diverting bagatelle abounding in gentle humor, warm bonhomie and appealing charm. No small triumph for a tale set in that unhappy era not too long ago when "every nook and cranny of the land came under the all-seeing...
Bybee’s new position, titled the Michael O. Sawyer Chair, will permit him to teach undergraduates, master’s candidates and doctoral students...
...conference, the first of 10 expected to be held within the next year, featured Dr. Glaudine Mtshali, South Africa’s health representative, and Eric Sawyer, co-founder of the AIDS activist group ACT-UP New York, as guest speakers. SGAC addressed the scale of the AIDS crisis and its connection to gender, drugs and debt in developing nations. It also provided information on how to build coalitions, deal with media and motivate people to write letters to Congress...