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...disappearances, bizarre quests, disaffected youth and a Japan struggling with its wartime past. He is also noted for his nonfiction books about the 1995 Kobe earthquake and Tokyo subway gas attack, as well as his translations of works by American masters, from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Raymond Carver. So vast is Murakami's fame that nearly as many books have been written about him as by him. A Taiwan newspaper has even suggested that his visage may one day grace a Japanese banknote, as does that of Meiji-era novelist Soseki Natsume, a Murakami influence. Others he admires, Murakami...
...Ballot? Iraqis arriving at the polls on January 30 will be handed a ballot paper that would be confusing to even the most practiced of electorates. For one thing, the vast majority of the candidates won't be mentioned anywhere on it. Each voter has one vote, which must be given to one of the 111 political parties and coalitions, listed in random order decided by lottery, on a ballot the size of a broad-sheet newspaper. Each party or coalition is identified by name, a graphic symbol, a number, and the name of the candidate...
While Clark holds a Ph.D. in philosophy, Kagan—like the vast majority of Law School professors—does not have a doctorate. Of the Law School’s 81 senior faculty, assistant and adjunct professors, 13 have Ph.D.s and one has a medical doctorate, according to the school’s website...
...noise made by the dogs was loud and horrible. A small, stupid child, like many who attended the dog show, reached out a paw toward a vast belligerent St. Bernard who was lounging in his sawdust covered stall, swathed in a towel lest the slobber from his mouth should stain his sleek and tonsured fur. The St. Bernard lurched bellowing at the child; a collie barked at the St. Bernard; an Airedale yelped at the collie; soon, all the dogs were in a noisy fury. The people whose business it was to care for the dogs were never disconcerted; they...
Sachs' essay, while an excellent description of the vast differences in how rich and poor nations are affected by catastrophes, slammed the U.S. for providing only 15?? of assistance per $100 of income. Sachs stated that raising the level of U.S. assistance to 70?? would save millions of lives. How ludicrous! Such an increase could only lead to widespread corruption among the bureaucracies handling the assistance; a mere trickle of aid would reach those who need it most. What the rich countries can do is unilaterally remove the trade quotas and restrictions on goods and services that poor nations...