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...translated into English, Wizard of the Crow is an epic satire on the state of modern-day Africa. Set in the fictional "free republic" of Aburiria, Wizard of the Crow pits a bloated, inept dictator - whose solution to the country's crippling poverty is to build a tower that reaches heaven - against a wizard who cures his clients with emotional therapy disguised as sorcery. As lyrical as a bedtime story, but also caustic and earthy, the novel grapples with big issues - social inequality, corruption, aids - along with more subtle signs of Africa's insecurity, like envy of the West...
...style democratic war from the very outset because the enemy chose as its targets not masses of troops or military installations, as in traditional war, but U.S. civiliansordinary people going about their business on planes, in tower blocks, in government offices. And it was democratic because the perpetrators took advantage of the very freedoms inherent in democracy to lay their murderous plans...
Eliot House: 1. Where unabomber Theodore J. Kaczynski ’62 spent his formative years. 2. Home of the Fête, the best formal at Harvard. 3. Its clock tower has probably had a better movie career than Matt Damon...
Pforzheimer House: 1. A nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to walk there. 2. Home to the Bell Tower and other good party spots that you will drunkenly make your way to during freshman year...
...beach, crabs cooking, and constant parties. "This was Margaritaville," says Gene Reynolds, a local high school principal. There is nothing but concrete slabs where the houses once stood, and a few concrete steps leading to nothing. The only thing left standing after the storm was the town's water tower. Reynolds and four other men are working nights and weekends to build a new house - one of five planned...