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Write about what you know. Sure. And if what you know is that you are stuck on Chapter 1, Page 1 of your third book, with critics and editors lurking and no idea in sight--what then, O most eloquent new voice (New York Times)? What now, O expert flyer of literary kites in swirling narrative flights (Philadelphia Inquirer...
...wandered around for a while before I found a seat at the 16th hole, a beautiful par-three, which, I later found out, had been the sight of some of the greatest putts in Masters' history. The year before, Jack Nicklaus had clinched his record sixth green jacket with a huge putt at the hole. In 1975, Nicklaus sunk an even bigger putt, a ridiculous 60-footer, to win the golf tournament...
...difficult songs on the album. Her rendition of Bob Marley's "Waiting In Vain" is a prime example. In the hands of a lesser artist, the song could easily have degenerated into imitation-reggae drivel, but Lennox handles this material expertly. She completely recreates the song without losing sight of the original spare, beautiful Marley melody. Lennox's funky bass-driven version of "Train In Vain" also shows her gift for creative interpretation. She remains faithful to the original Clash tune, even as she adds her own brand of soul to the ultimate anthem of white-boy angst. When...
...Honshu. At birth he was sightless in one eye and purblind in the other, so his father, a craftsman who made tatamis (straw mats), sent him at age six to the city of Kumamoto, where he could attend a subsidized school for the blind. There a child with any sight at all had a great advantage. A former teacher said, "Being able to see even a little is prestigious because blind children want to go out and have coffee in a tearoom but can't go by themselves. They would say to Chizuo, 'I will buy you dinner...
...apparently a conspiracy buff himself. Just seven months after the November, 1963 shooting in Dallas, according to a newly-declassified letter from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, the Cuban leader ran his own tests to determine whether it was possible for one man using a rifle with a telescopic sight to have killed the American president. An FBI informant told Hoover that Castro speculated that "it took about three people" to do the deed. Cuba has insisted that the CIA was behind the plot. ButTIME senior writer Bruce Nelansays the news won't change many minds...