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...plot point, something that plausibly carries us to the matter that, in recent years, has most obsessively concerned Philip Roth. Even his most casual readers know him as our only great erotic novelist, a man who spent his early career both hilariously and heartbreakingly exploring the contortions of the spirit that our sexuality imposes on us. Truly, to borrow the title of an earlier Roth novel, he has been our "Professor of Desire." He has done so with a truthfulness to the mess of it - its unseemly secretions and unspoken secrets - that's unprecedented in literature. Now in his seventies...
...This month millions of Burmese are solemnly commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 1988 protests. As Jimmy's story shows, the spirit of '88 has not been entirely extinguished. But Burma's dictators have proved far more resilient than its democrats. In the past year alone, the junta has survived two of its biggest challenges since 1988: last year's mass protests and the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, which killed nearly 140,000 people when it slammed into the Irrawaddy delta region...
...Paradinas calls "being part of Spain's team." On the fields and courts of athletic competition, class and ethnic differences recede as well. "When they're playing sports," says Paradinas, "they feel like Spaniards, part of one country. Whether we're talking about Gasol, Nadal, or Sastre, a national spirit leads them, a spirit lacking before...
...Iraq, which in July had been banned briefly from the Games because of a tiff with the International Olympic Committee, got one of the night's biggest cheers, after the hosts. Even China's historical rival Japan received polite applause. The Olympics may be composed of nations, but its spirit transcends nationalism...
...Torres tests positive for steroid use, then certainly, let's all be disappointed and heap derision on her. For now, may we please celebrate her focus, competitive spirit, discipline and willpower? Nancy Johnson, AUSTIN, TEXAS...