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...literature, I am an avid reader, but I have never come across a writer as engrossing as Murakami. His style varies from descriptions of everyday events, such as cooking spaghetti, to intellectual discussions with total strangers to heart--stopping, beyond-reality experiences. His images are at times so vivid and meticulously detailed that reading them is like watching a movie. When I started reading A Wild Sheep Chase, I made a pencil dot in the margin next to every memorable phrase or description. Eventually each page was marked with so many dots that I decided instead to reread the book...
...Burma only once, in the late 1980s, and the seemingly placid surface of that exquisite nation hid the passions of a people who yearned for freedom. It was one of the world's forgotten tragedies, until, that is, Burma forced itself back into global consciousness last month when vivid images of protesting Buddhist monks slipped past the restrictions imposed by the country's repressive military regime. We published two quick news stories, but we also planned a bigger take, sending Bangkok-based writer Andrew Marshall into the country...
...literature, I am an avid reader, but I have never come across a writer as engrossing as Murakami. His style varies from descriptions of everyday events, such as cooking spaghetti, to intellectual discussions with total strangers to heart-stopping, beyond-reality experiences. His images are at times so vivid and meticulously detailed that reading them is like watching a movie. When I started reading A Wild Sheep Chase, I made a pencil dot in the margin next to every memorable phrase or description. Eventually each page was marked with so many dots that I decided instead to reread the book...
...much more subtle. The focus is clearly on the music rather than the message. “Long Walk Home” is the standout track, featuring everything that’s great about Springsteen and his band. The song starts with acoustic guitar and Bruce’s vivid lyrics, rich with neighborhood nostalgia: “I could smell the same deep green of summer / Above me the same night sky was glowin’ / In the distance I could see the town where I was born.” Suddenly, the track picks up as the drums...
...have long been aware of the many challenges women face in pursuing academic careers,” Summers told the Harvard Gazette at the time. “But in the past several weeks the nature and extent of these challenges have been made particularly vivid...