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...Lamont Library and saw the Mercator globes, and as soon as I saw [them] I knew I just had to put them in my book. And they became so important that the title of my second novel actually became “The Celestial Globe.” I tend to be magpie-ish. I see something pretty, and whether it be [an object] or an idea, I think, “I want to keep it! How can I put that in [my novel]?” THC: Any advice for aspiring writers?MR: If the right story doesn?...
...stands, clad in a sleek black suit, ready to take on modern religious extremists. Maher then appears driving in his car, engaged in a vain monologue that is unfortunately spliced throughout the film, causing it to lag. Luckily, most things that come out of Maher’s mouth tend to be downright hilarious—you just have to get past the fact that Charles, who directed “Borat,” chose to center Maher’s global road trip around a poorly shot, highly generic interview...
...Young Florida Republicans like Griffin are just as convinced that "being young, you know you don't have the experience to run the country, that someone like John McCain does and someone like Barack Obama doesn't." Either way, given how controversially razor-thin Florida electoral victories tend to be these days, the fresh-faced could tip the balance in November - if not with their own ballots, then by convincing their elders which way to vote. One of the most popular videos on YouTube in recent weeks features comedian Sarah Silverman imploring young Jews to "get your fat asses...
...gender wage gap in 2006, The Declining Significance of Gender?. In the book, Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn, both Cornell economists, show that the average full-time female worker in the U.S. earns about 79% of what the average full-time male worker makes. Women employed full-time actually tend to have slightly more education than men, but women are still more likely to work in clerical and service jobs. Blau and Kahn say women do make different choices when they decide on college majors and jobs - even highly educated women more often choose "female" occupations that pay less...
...What we tend to ignore is why Syria has had an uninterrupted record of attaching itself to radical causes and countries like Iran. For starters, Syria is ruled by a besieged and insecure minority, the Alawites, a heterodox-Shi'ite ethnic minority. About 12% of Syria's population, the Alawites are looked at by extremist Sunni Muslims as heretics, fallen-away Muslims, usurpers who should be put to the sword. In the late '70s and early '80s, the Sunni extremists came close to getting their way. During a February 1982 Muslim Brotherhood insurrection in Hama, Syria's third largest city...