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...musical tongue that rises and swells with lots of rolled Rs, which they switch off with ease to accommodate incomers. But even when speaking in their most neutral English, they weave in words such as peerie (little), bonny (pretty) and muckle (large). And you had better know the expression Ya kin (you know), because people often tack "Ya kin what I mean?" to the end of sentences...
...most popular song in Kenya last year was Nchi ya Kitu Kidogo (Country of Bribes), a sing-along tune about the ubiquity of corruption in everyday life. If you're trying to succeed in school, if you're sick in the hospital or if you lose your identity card, goes the lyric, to get anything done in Kenya you have to pay a bribe. Kenyans have adopted the song as an anti-officialdom anthem, and they flock to appearances by its 28-year-old writer and singer, Eric Wainaina. "We like it because it's the truth," says Judy Elahuya...
Well, it's a new millennium, and no doubt feeling heat from the X-Games generation, the International Olympic Committee has indeed invited the world's best skeleton riders. With a third ya-gotta-be-nuts sliding sport (along with bobsled and luge) now on the schedule, the slate of what Americans consider the Peripherals--nonmarquee sports that zoom into the sporting Zeitgeist every fourth year only to melt away in the post-Games thaw--is at an all-time high. At Salt Lake we'll have all kinds of sleds, cross-country races (some with guns!), ski jumps...
...adventures of "Curatorman, the young CEO of the global player ?uratorman Inc." - Thailand's Navin Rawanchaikul offers a labored reworking of another hoary old chestnut: the relationship between art and commerce. American Naomi Fisher photographs herself doggy-style with plant stems transpiercing her underwear, while Japanese artist Jun'ya Yamaide transforms a white wall into an oversized coloring book complete with crayons...
...Well, it's a new millennium, and no doubt feeling heat from the X-Games generation, the International Olympic Committee has indeed invited the world's best skeleton riders. With a third ya-gotta-be-nuts sliding sport (along with bobsled and luge) now on the schedule, the slate of what Americans consider the Peripherals-nonmarquee sports that zoom into the sporting Zeitgeist every fourth year only to melt away in the post-Games thaw-is at an all-time high. At Salt Lake we'll have all kinds of sleds, cross-country races (some with guns!), ski jumps...