Word: shadowed
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Today, however, people no longer wait longingly for the day when technological breakthroughs will revolutionize life and cure all its ills. In fact, the looming shadow of technology giant Microsoft seems to scare people more than impress them. We have seen many of the technologies first displayed to Disneyland tourists--including microwave ovens and dishwashing machines--pop up in our own houses, but the euphoria which many imagined would accompany them has failed to arrive. We now live in the House of the Future, but many would rather return much of contemporary life to a display case. That...
Walking along the Charles, in the shadow of Harvard's bell towers, it is easy to be overcome by the serenity of the river...
...whine of the tracks. Once I arrive in the Delta Shuttle terminal, I will pick up a magazine and watch CNN Airport News until Harvard seems positively foreign. And once I land at National Airport in Washington, D.C., I will vow not to let paltry academic concerns cast a shadow over my weekend. It will take effort, but it is doable and worth doing. Harvard is not contained in books alone, and sometimes it takes a weekend away to remind you what is truly important: browsing through history and reconnecting with family and friends, rather than sitting in front...
...Since writing Shadow Over Shangri-La, has your perception of the social and political conditions in Nepal changed...
...Shadow Over Shangri-La is partly an autobiography, in that Pokhrel describes her experiences in Nepal, as well as her life after moving to the United States. It is also a call for a different kind of government in Nepal, not a slavish imitation of Western-style regimes but a balanced fusion of old and new, monarchy and democracy, Western innovations and Hindu traditions. But it is also, and fundamentally, a universal story of suffering and perseverance, written for--and dedicated to--all victims of human rights abuse...