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...identity of the group had begun to change, accepting students from every cultural background...
After 30 minutes of a cappella oldies playing in the background, the room is mostly full and Kanter finally arrives...
...brief Author's Note, Ondaatje explains the historical background for his fictional events: "From the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, Sri Lanka was in a crisis that involved three essential groups: the government, the antigovernment insurgents in the south and the separatist guerrillas in the north. Both the insurgents and the separatists had declared war on the government. Eventually, in response, legal and illegal government squads were known to have been sent out to hunt down the separatists and the insurgents...
...White text on a black background ensures astonishing success...
There is an entire industry operating in the background, compiling lists of names, selling phone numbers and e-mail addresses, that goes largely unregulated...