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...sense of freedom that he said came from the fact that he had "nothing to lose." He has often been plagued by self-doubt, he told me, but he wrote The White Tiger in a state of calm and happiness, knowing even then that he was creating "something special...
Nowhere is such skepticism more pronounced than in the U.K., where the nation's "special relationship" with the U.S. has failed to insulate American studies from public opinion. According to ucas, the body that handles applications to British universities, the number of people wanting to major in the subject has plunged from 1,086 a decade ago to just 381 last year. "Students see us as apologists for America," says Ian Bell, a professor of American literature at Keele University, where enrollment in the American-studies department has halved since Bush took office. "They don't want to be branded...
...Citigroup representatives declined to comment yesterday, saying that the bank’s special arrangements with schools are confidential...
...earned the respect of the rank and file, the officer on the street, the detectives." - retired Detective Linda Branchflower, wife of Troopergate special investigator Stephen Branchflower...
...week ago, Garcia reached outside his party and picked a left-leaning governor as the new Cabinet chief. But the scandal has not faded. Congress has appointed a special committee to investigate 17 oil and gas exploration contracts awarded in September, including the five given the Norwegian company in a consortium with Peru's state-owned oil company, as well as 36 others handed out in the past two years. The head of the committee, Rep. Daniel Abugattas, said he expects to find a pattern of deceit. "The government has been giving away our natural resources to the lowest bidders...