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...twins aren't symbols; they're people. There are not, to my knowledge, any great identical-twin novelists (though I think John Barth has a twin sister), and I have never yet read a fictional account of twinness that I found convincing, with one exception: Darin Strauss's excellent Chang and Eng, about Barnum & Bailey's famous Siamese twins. As Elspeth tells her lover Robert shortly before she dies, "You haven't got a twin, so you can't know how it is." Too right...
...dressed in black body armor and balaclavas guarded major intersections. Residents of downtown Beijing were instructed not to emerge from their homes or attempt to witness the rehearsals, during which tanks and armored personnel carriers rumbled past the Prada and Gucci shops lining the capital's most famous thoroughfare, Chang'an Jie (Avenue of Eternal Peace...
...said. “Especially the freshman—they stepped it up.”Also in Flight C, junior Agnes Sibilski went 0-2, losing to the fourth seed in the first-round and the eventual consolation draw winner in her next match. Another freshman, Sophie Chang, won the Flight D championship, downing Kristina Koprcina of Marshall in the finals 6-4, 6-2. In the semifinals, Koprcina ousted Harvard freshman Alex Lehman 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 to prevent an all-Crimson final. Overall, the Crimson dominated the singles draws, coming away with championships for Flight...
...North is doing in the area of nuclear development is of concern to us," he said after meetings in Beijing. Coincidentally - or not - the Deputy Foreign Minister of North Korea has just returned from his own meetings in Beijing. A leading North Korea watcher in Seoul, Cheong Seong Chang, a senior fellow at the Sejong Institute, believes the groundwork is being set for Beijing-hosted three-way talks among the U.S., North Korea and China, at which the Chinese will "sneak out of the room, leaving the two sworn enemies" to talk. (See pictures of the rise of Kim Jong...
...completely lucky and spoiled growing up. I was able to catch the tail end of John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors and lived through the golden age of American tennis with Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras and Jim Courier and Michael Chang. Even cooler than that, I've been able to establish a relationship with most of them. I'm glad that I had those guys to look...