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...Foreign investment capital in the oil sector is crucial to the regime’s ability to wage war with its own people,” Prendergast said. He added that the joint venture with China National Petroleum “has allowed Sudan to start repaying its debts, earn critical foreign exchange, and fund a massive weapons buying spree...
...Lausanne, Switzerland. The Court of Arbitration for Sport, in a case brought by South Korean gymnast Yang Tae Young, decided that it would set a dangerous precedent to withdraw Hamm's medal, won at the Summer Olympics in Athens, despite a scoring error that cost bronze medalist Yang a crucial one-tenth of a point, which would have been enough to earn him the gold. AWARDED. to ALAN HOLLINGHURST, 50, British author; the Man Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty, the first novel with an overtly gay theme to win the literary award; in London. Of Hollinghurst's evocative...
Ellroy stressed plot as the first and most crucial element of writing such complex works. Still, he said the importance of plotting shouldn’t subtract from other qualities of fiction, and ultimately, “you can have it all.” Any fan of Ellroy’s will note that his writing is uniquely sonorous and carefully crafted, not the stuff of hack crime writers intent only on weaving a story. “Write the genre you like to read but be original,” he advised...
...never see any of the Harvard men’s lightweight rowers at a Weight Watchers meeting talking about their splurges for the week. But though they avoid the diet shakes and packaged meals, many are forced to go to similar lengths in order to shed those last crucial pounds needed to race...
...dropping the pounds can be a daunting task. It requires a high level of commitment to diet and exercise that aren’t as crucial in the heavyweight division...