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...State last week, many wondered whether a vengeful god had unleashed the rain and snowstorms that killed 28 Californians and caused more than $100 million in damage, mostly in the southern part of the state. Downtown Los Angeles logged a record 17 in. of rain over a 15-day stretch (bringing precipitation for the season to a record 22.51 in.), while a mudslide in nearby La Conchita killed 10 residents and swallowed 15 houses. To the north, around Lake Tahoe, roads and cars all but disappeared beneath as much as 19 ft. of newly fallen snow...
...lessons are learned, King is deeply mindful that life works imperfectly when it works at all. He feels his way into Howie and Ryan's predicaments with a sympathy that never descends into pathos, even as Howie spirals into the emotional crisis of the book's final stretch...
...decade ago, Whitefield, a remote suburb of Bangalore, made headlines on those rare occasions when gangs of armed bandits burst into homes at night. Today that former stretch of farmland and scattered houses is disturbed only by giant cranes, cement mixers and trucks piled up with white sand. Buildings of glass and steel are rising all over, as Bangalore's fast-expanding outsourcing industry radiates far beyond the city. Perhaps the most impressive spot in Whitefield is the campus of SAP Labs. The main building, with its comfortable sofas and a sunny atrium, is a sumptuous workplace by Indian standards...
...students hunkered down for the final stretch of exams, word of Summers’ letter moved slowly across campus...
...students hunkered down for the final stretch of exams, word of Summers’ letter moved slowly across campus...