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...When I die and go to hell, the devil is gong to make me the marketing director for a cola company” and “Get out of the kitchen if you can’t stand the heat.” This folksy tone is stiff and unconvincing. The book also occasionally reads too much like an advertisement for Patagonia. Admittedly, publicity is one of the intended side effects of devoting an entire volume to dissect one company, and a little self-congratulations is expected. Indeed, since Chouinard is holding Patagonia up as an example...
...story progresses from childhood to adulthood, and as Yinan and her sister’s husband Ling begin an affair, Chang dramatically juxtaposes their own family troubles with China’s political foibles. The story is told by Junan’s daughter Hong, who assumes an omniscient tone as she pieces together her family history. As Chang explains, Hong “can enter the thoughts of her mother and father apart from herself.” This unorthodox use of the first person constitutes an “imagining and piecing together of [Hong?...
...Kids pick up a thing or two as they grow up; they may have learned a bit from the J.K. Rowling books and the films. The tone of the first two movies, The Sorcerer?s Stone (2001) and The Chamber of Secrets (2002), may have appealed to a fascination with the capricious machinery of meta-natural laws at Hogwarts school. The movies? spookiness was a Halloween trick (or, if they liked it, treat) - the equivalent of a mischievous uncle shouting Boo! on the other side of the door. Just what you?d expect from director Chris Columbus, whose notion...
...HARVARD at CORNELL, 31-21 (L)Turning point: The Crimson’s first series. O’Hagan’s first pass of the afternoon was intercepted and the Big Red scored on a 21-yard touchdown pass one play later. It set the tone for the entire game—Cornell easily capitalizing on ghastly Harvard turnovers. The Crimson didn’t get on the board until the fourth quarter. Cause for concern: Rally-killing turnovers, again. On special teams, Steven Williams fumbled a punt and a kickoff return, both of which resulted...
...assistance to North Korea puts him at odds with the United States, replied, "Next," and motioned for a question from KBS [a Korean broadcasting network]." Quizzed about the same issue aboard Air Force One on the way to South Korea, Bush national security aide Michael Green acknowledged that "the tone is different sometimes" and that "sometimes you get a slightly different emphasis," although the goal of a non-nuclear Korean Peninsula is the same. "For the people of the Republic of Korea, the Demilitarized Zone is right at their doorstep," noted Green, senior director for Asian affairs at the National...