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...James isn't technically a member of the entitled class - the Brennans' family home is modest - but he acts that way. As he whines his way through the early minutes of the movie, it seems what he needs is a character-developing stint at the dump. Like Zach Braff's character in Garden State, James is a visitor in his hometown, convinced that bigger is better (his goal, naturally, is to move to New York). But that's where the similarity ends. James is no morose hipster caught up in memories of the past. Nor is he Benjamin Braddock, lolling...
...designers behind the best of the mosques take the opposite view: they may be making statements but they are also sensitive to local concerns and aesthetics. The mosque that Husain helps administer, in a gritty working-class Manchester neighborhood, uses reclaimed wood and solar panels on the roof to power its under-floor heating. Inside, peach carpeting and plasma TVs give the air of a prosperous suburban English home, while the prayer hall has carvings inspired by the 10th century North African Fatimid dynasty...
Amanda Henderson had worked alongside Flores in Nacogdoches. Her husband, Sergeant First Class Patrick Henderson, 35, served at a recruiting office 90 minutes away in Longview. Patrick met Amanda at recruiting school after a combat tour in Iraq, and they married in January 2008. With their new jobs, though, "there was no time for family life at all," Amanda says. While Patrick didn't want the assignment, his widow says, the Army told him he had no choice. He masked his disappointment behind a friendly demeanor and an easy smile...
...spires of the tallest pagoda, I could sense an awakening political consciousness that excited them. A young man in a remote town confided that he and his friends had organized a study group to debate the merits of electoral politics. (One of the participants also runs a free class called The Secrets of Gmail: A Pre-Advanced Course.) In northern Burma, where minorities recall that ethnic-based parties came in second and third in the 1990 polls--the army's party finished fourth--insurgent groups encouraged to feud by the junta are now considering political alliances...
...came to warn G-20 leaders that "climate change [is] approaching a possible tipping point." Seventeen-year-old Max Warwick, decked out in Doc Marten boots and drainpipe jeans and holding an English flag emblazoned with "Gordon Is a Moron," just wanted his government "to do stuff for working-class families," he said, puffing on a neatly rolled cigarette. With tongue in cheek, Delores Forothers - think about it - was marching "to support all these bankers," she said in her best fake-posh accent. "Greed," she added, a black feather boa around her neck, "is good." (See pictures of Michelle Obama...