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...strongly desire to categorize novels? JC: I don’t think it’s just novels. Categorizing things makes life easier, no matter what it is you’re dealing with. The problem with doing it is you lose out on some wonderful things that slip between the cracks. When I was first published in Germany, the publisher released my books in something called their “Fantastic Library.” You could immediately recognize these “FL” books because they all had pink covers. But you know who some...
...forward received the ball on the left half of the circle, raced along the end line, and snuck a close range shot in the bottom left corner. “Maggie [McVeigh] did a great job of pulling the goalie and the defender wide, so I was able to slip it behind the goalie,” McCoy said. Harvard added another tally when Keating struck again. On a penalty corner, McGillivray fired a shot, but the attempt was saved by a diving Labarge. The rebound rolled out in front of the net where Keating collected it and lifted...
...likes of BMW, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Volkswagen, Ford Europe and General Motors' Europe arm, Opel. Ferdinand Dudenhoffer, a respected industry analyst, predicts that the number of new German cars delivered to customers in 2008 will fall by at least 100,000 units to around 3.1 million, and will likely slip below three million next year. As a result, he says, German car companies will have to cut up to 20,000 jobs over the coming year...
...attitudes that stands in for the actual person in voters' minds. Every politician creates a public self--with the assistance, wanted or not, of the media--and a good one is invaluable. If you make a gaffe on foreign policy but Public You is a foreign policy expert, the slip is not a story...
...including credit crises—can be avoided in the future. Right now, brewing in the legislatures of the developed world is the same breed of unilateralism and stubbornness that precipitated two world wars. If the G8 nations do not increase aid as promised, the developing countries will slip further into destitution, and fear and violence will amplify worldwide...