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...dying man reflects on his life, and his most recent one until now, The Light of Day(2003), about a disgraced former policeman trying to unravel a crime of passion, embody another of Swift's techniques: the action takes place in a single day, Ulysses-style. Tomorrow is a tool kit of such Swiftian tricks. Important facts are dripped sparingly, the narration is first person, and this time the action encompasses a single night. Lying sleepless next to her oblivious mate, Paula addresses an anxious monologue to her sleeping twins. "I'm the only one awake in this house...
...born in Degania, and many military leaders and legislators also emerged from the kibbutzim. The kibbutz was a socialist dream. But Degania's manager, Tzali Koperstein, says, "From the start, it was never equal. It was a fake equality." Some toiled hard in Degania's diamond-cutting tool factory and in the fields; others slacked off. And as Israeli society began to value creativity and free enterprise over socialism, Degania lagged behind...
...Twenty years on, Toufeili has evolved into one of the most outspoken - and unlikeliest - critics of Hizballah and its sponsors in Tehran, accusing both of corruption and of selling out the ideals of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution. "Hizballah is no longer a real liberation force but just a tool for Iranian interests. Hizballah has become a very bad and corrupt organization," he said in an interview with TIME...
...host of cultural factors that influence women's expectations and actions practically from the day they are born. As the founder of Carnegie Mellon's PROGRESS (Program for Research & Outreach on Gender Equity in Society), Babcock is developing ways to teach negotiation skills to women and girls. One such tool is the Girls Scouts' new negotiation badge, launched last fall, which girls can earn after completing a seminar on negotiation skills...
...previous night, he doesn’t appear to be affected by a lack of sleep. The thrust of this morning’s breakfast meeting is the issue of how to ensure voter turnout for the upcoming referendum. With Petersen planning to use the results as an advocacy tool in a push for a new College calendar, widespread student participation in the vote is crucial.Sundquist puts the issue to Tracy E. Nowski ’07, the former manager of the Petersen-Sundquist presidential campaign. The first names and nicknames of key College administrators are already thick...