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Perhaps Munro's reading has never strayed beyond the odd John Grisham novel, in which case his analysis might be justified. However, Grisham is not normally taught in English departments, and with good reason. Literature is one of the oldest means we have of making sense of experience, and it exists not to entertain us, but to help us understand ourselves and the world we inhabit...
...pressure classes along these lines, taught by some of Harvard's maintenance staff, might be both diverting and useful for your entire life. It would also introduce you to teachers who have something good to impart, even though they do not have Ph.D...
Perhaps Munro's reading has never strayed beyond the odd John Grisham novel, in which case his analysis might be justified. However, Grisham is not normally taught in English departments, and with good reason. Literature is one of the oldest means we have of making sense of experience, and it exists not to entertain us, but to help us understand ourselves and the world we inhabit...
...outlasted Pol Pot. The remaining Khmer Rouge leaders are decrepit, living in a small backwater town, their forces depleted. But the Khmer Rouge taught Hun Sen fear, and they taught it well. In the end, it is fear that stands between Hun Sen and the trials. "If we just kill these people, will we have peace?" he asks. But if he waits too long, fear will become his epitaph. Cambodia cannot wait forever for justice. "This is the only chance we have to set up a system so people will respect the law," says Youk Chhang, head of the Documentation...
Hold on. The number on her jersey is not some power grab at now vacant Airness but an allusion to the most important person in Holdsclaw's life. It refers to the 23rd Psalm, the one that begins "The Lord is my shepherd," taught to her by her grandmother June, who's been closer than a mother since Holdsclaw was 11 and her parents divorced. "I told her when she was little, anything you want, ask Him," says June. The Psalm provides this provocative promise: "Thou anointest my head with oil." So there's more than crossing Jordan involved here...