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For the next decade he supported himself in London by writing advertising copy. He wed a British woman and fathered a son. (That union ended in divorce in 1987; Rushdie is now married to the American author Marianne Wiggins.) His first novel, Grimus (1974), was a critical and commercial flop...
For someone outside the faith to lecture Muslims on what they should or should not read would be impudent. But it must also be stated that there is no ridicule or harm in this novel, only an overwhelming sense of amazement and joy at the multifariousness of all Allah's...
The name La Nina, Spanish for "the girl," was concocted two years ago to distinguish the "cold event" from El Nino, "the boy" or "Christ child," so named because it usually makes its appearance near Christmastime. Marked by an influx of warm water and winds from the western Pacific, El...
Essentially, La Nina exaggerates the normal conditions of the Southern Oscillation. Because its last occurrence predated sophisticated satellite data gathering, the phenomenon is not very well understood. Scientists do know, however, that during a La Nina, easterly trade winds are stronger, the waters of the eastern Pacific off South America...
Pakistan was created from Moslem-dominated areas of predominantly Hindu India when the subcontinent became independent of Britain in 1947. The two countries have fought three wars.