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...grandmother who has given money to a candidate for the very first time. Marian Kunetka Fayetteville, U.S. Spy vs. Spy Re your report on John Le Carr?'s new book, Absolute Friends [Jan. 19]: I discovered the novels of Le Carr? relatively late in life but then very quickly understood the reasons for his prominence. He has been a brilliant chronicler of world politics. His ambivalence and ambiguity, however, have been frustrating at times. In Absolute Friends, he shows his moral outrage at the U.S., and this work is all the better for it. Sanjeev Sharma Formby, England Hope...
...said she hoped she could someday have a job that was half as much fun. Her voice revealed a trace of melancholy, as if she didn’t think there was much chance the real world would ever allow her to engage her whimsical side. I understood, because I’ve met a number of others like...
...level of access and information provided to him or her, and indeed, during our three years as Crimson reporters covering the Harvard administration, we were often frustrated by the pervasive “no comment” and the thoroughly scripted party line. At the same time, we understood that this frustration came with the territory of our job: to inform and involve the wider community in decisions which officials might prefer be conducted behind closed doors...
Dominguez said that because the police interview with Ramos was conducted in Spanish, Fulkerson may not have understood what Ramos told him about the assaults...
...your report on John Le Carre's new book, Absolute Friends [Jan. 12]: I discovered the novels of Le Carre relatively late in life but then very quickly understood the reasons for his prominence. He has been a brilliant chronicler of world politics, but his ambivalence and ambiguity have been frustrating at times. In Absolute Friends, he shows his moral outrage at the U.S., and this work is all the better for it. SANJEEV SHARMA Formby, England...