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...mountaineer is to overcome the mountain and to discipline those tempting inner voices that seductively implore the climber to stay below. For anyone missing the thrill of mountain climbing, “North Face” will take you to the heart of the mountains vicariously. For its singular ability to capture the vertiginous adrenaline rush of a dangerous climb, “North Face” is to be commended. Yet the audience for “North Face” ought not to be composed solely of fans of mountaineering, for it is far more than just...
Princeton’s defense—holding its opponents to a national-best 54 points per game—had a singular objective in mind Friday night...
...asked Gates recently about that night. He told me it was not a singular event. "At the end of the West Point graduation, I told them I consider every one of them as if they were my own sons and daughters. I feel a very personal sense of responsibility for each and every one of them," he said. "And one of the reasons I've stayed on is that I worry that whoever comes next won't care as deeply, won't do the MRAPs, isn't willing to spend $30 billion to save our kids' lives and limbs...
...Gate at the Stairs” lacks humor. It is riotously funny, and not in the sardonic, bitter way of more traditional tragicomedies. Its puns and its politics are bold and even ostentatious, but this novel’s significance lies in its tightly constructed details and its singular main character—irksome, charismatic and wholly convincing...
...Palestinian religious authorities have complained that the Israeli archaeological digs are insensitive to the relics of earlier Islamic eras and worry about possible damage to the al-Aqsa Mosque, which rises just above Silwan on the Temple Mount. Proclaimed as the third holiest site in Islam, it is the singular symbol of the Palestinian plight throughout the Muslim world. Tensions are rising as the Jerusalem municipality has begun destroying 88 homes in Silwan in order to make way for an archaeological park. Earlier this year, riots broke out in the Old City when an Islamist movement based among Israeli Arabs...