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...Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx. Winner of this year's National Book Award, Proulx's rambunctious second novel zeroes in on a coastal Newfoundland community coming apart economically and socially when the fishing and seal hunting industries fail. The author has a sharp ear for regional speech and a barbed and quirky style that can be both startling and humorous...
...looks at India when they meet in the first section, as well as a particularly ominous threat (“I’ll kill you and if you have any children by another man I’ll kill the children also.”) in the second seal their fates and leave readers feeling that they know the beginning and end of the story but not the middle. Max was born in France and fought the Germans as a member of the French Resistance in World War II. It is clear from the beginning that the exotic, erotic...
...first person missed her serve, and it got into our heads and we lost focus.”The Lions won the third game 30-28, and went on to carry its momentum into the fifth and deciding game, running off seven straight points during a stretch to seal the match, 3-2 (16-30, 28-30, 30-28, 30-24, 15-9). Amalia Viti of Columbia had a match-high 18 kills, and Shannon Hunzicker recorded 64 assists. “We started making mistakes,” Weiss said, “but Columbia also started getting their...
...today or tomorrow," says Lucille Blumberg of South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases. "It's not." All known human infections have been in Asia. An Indonesian father and son were hospitalized last week with symptoms of the disease, and China's health chief said the country would seal its borders if it found even a single case of human-to-human transmission. India and Taiwan have declared they intend to make generic copies of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to be sure of having enough. And authorities elsewhere are going on alert. Romania began vaccinating poultry workers...
...fellows based on their intellectual achievement, leadership, and creativity in one of five classes: mathematical and physical sciences; biological sciences; social sciences; humanities and arts; and public affairs, business, and administration. Members work together to study issues of contemporary importance through multidisciplinary analysis. The Academy’s seal depicts Minerva, Roman goddess of victory in war and wisdom, a rising sun, and the motto “Sub Libertate Florent.” Established during the Revolutionary War, the Academy was founded to represent some of the brightest minds and hopes of a new country, as well...