Word: thems
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Q. In your recent book Palm Latitudes, you portray a world of poor Latin women. Why did you choose to write about them?
"I love Germany so much," wrote the French novelist Francois Mauriac, "that I am glad there are two of them." That phrase is cited with increasing frequency these days, but the sentiment is old. Clemenceau expressed it first as he wistfully reflected on the delicate balance of power nurtured in...
Hussein's change of policy posed a dilemma for Jordanians of Palestinian origin. Most of them wanted to vote, but by doing so some feared they might be adding fuel to the argument of right-wing Israelis that Jordan, rather than the West Bank, should be viewed as the true...
Imagine how much worse it must be to get a really big government mad at you -- like the U.S. Government, in the person of former U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani. That's what money manager James Sutton ("Jay") Regan, 47, seems to have done. His firm, Princeton/Newport Partners, was charged with...
The person who caused her the greatest unease was photographer Alfred Stieglitz. His relationship began with a passionate interest in O'Keeffe's drawings; it progressed to a passionate interest in O'Keeffe. Twenty-three years separated them. She was on leave from a teaching job in Texas; he was...