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...years ago, I covered village elections in China, where the victors--farmers with Mao suits and dirty fingernails--were barred from taking office by the incumbents and eventually jailed on trumped-up charges. One man was so harassed that he committed suicide. This doesn't sound like a heartwarming tale of democracy's triumph. But what has evolved in these villages, despite the injustice, is a dawning sense that people--even the extremely poor--have rights. In societies cowering under oppression, such a realization is revolutionary...
...rate. Mark details the tragic suicides of four members of a Texas battalion--men who had fought and survived the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq but were unable to handle the often brutal and unnecessary requirements of being a recruiter here at home. Mark's story is a morality tale about another hidden cost of those wars--the toll on those trying to persuade others to serve. As Mark makes clear, we have to reform the way the Army finds new soldiers; the current system is unfair to both the recruiters and those they recruit...
...Hysteric” and “Little Shadow,” ensure the album closes on a high. The former is surprisingly close in sound to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ career highlight “Maps,” offering a restrained but engaging tale of a relationship surviving on the brink. “Little Shadow” closes the album in a completely different fashion to the opening tracks. A triumph of atmosphere and lyrics rather than danceable beats, it offers definitive proof that the band has not forgotten the importance of subtle songwriting during...
...certain that Christian left the world long ago. But thanks to YouTube and this book, Rendall and Bourke have been able to retell the story themselves. Packed with photos and amusing anecdotes - one time he walked in on someone showering! - A Lion Called Christian is an unabashedly stirring tale of a rare bond formed between humans and an animal. It is not overly sentimental or cloying because it doesn't need to be. To read this book is to feel, for a while, that Christian never left...
...that we drink so much," noted one attendee, "it's that we drink all the time."). Two years later came the release of the spring break-themed hit movie Where the Boys Are starring a young, preternaturally tan George Hamilton. The Fort Lauderdale-set film spread the tale of collegiate men and women voyaging to the halcyon shores of Florida to find fun, sun - and maybe even true love - far and wide. (See how the recession is affecting spring break...