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...form of English. Run-on sentences sprawl: "I hadn't originally intended to do any reading, what if I did read one book more or one book less, whether I read or not wouldn't make a difference, I'd still be waiting to get cremated." Redundancies abound: "The tall buildings and large courtyard with a watchtower must once have been the residence of a rich and powerful family at one time"; "I have a foreboding premonition." Some usages defy explanation: "Many pretty young girls have also suicided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost in the Translation | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...current nascent state," declares art historian Paul Tucker, squinting wishfully against the sun. The University of Massachusetts professor is shadowed by an I-beam mass of welded steel that looms 55' tall above a campus soccer field. The construction, a piece by sculptor Mark diSuvero, is entitled "Huru," a word that means both hello and good-bye in an aboriginal Australian language. Appropriately situated to greet incomers from University Drive, "Huru" was the first piece of artwork in Arts on the Point, the public sculpture park at UMass Boston and a gargantuan contemporary art project that arguably borders a renaissance...

Author: By Selin Tuysuzoglu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Arts on the Point of...? | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...Although they tried to be good sports about it, Ann, riding in the back, looked frightened of the empty cans on the floor, and the senator ended up sitting on a bunch of melted M&Ms while trying to squeeze his tall body into the front seat," he added...

Author: By Susan J. Marshall and Kate L. Rakoczy, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Car Crazy: Student car owners say having a vehicle is worth the headaches | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...many in the PRI and the smaller opposition Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) for his campaign to restructure the security system to make it less corrupt and more responsive. He'll need them even more in his campaign to privatize more of the country's energy sector, which is a tall order in a nation whose electorate thinks of Mexico's oil as a national resource and has blocked every previous effort toward privatization. But in Fox's scheme, privatization remains the key to attracting the foreign investment necessary to achieve his economic growth targets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico Ushers in a New Day | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

Lola's American Deli sat in between Lair's Hallmark and McKenzie's Food Market in a shopping center near my home in Columbus, Ohio. For as long as I can remember, five foot tall Lola ran the deli, a modest establishment somewhat out of place amidst its upscale neighbors...

Author: By Christopher M. Kirchhoff, | Title: Lola's American Deli | 11/29/2000 | See Source »

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