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...rare for a writer to be so defined by one book. You've written eight novels, seven books of poetry, a significant amount of nonfiction, and yet you're so known by this one book. Is that frustrating? Of course it's frustrating. But one realizes it's also blessing to have a book that is so widely known - even if misinterpreted - and a book that makes your name. It's rare. You have to feel that it's a blessing and a curse because it is. Whoever promised us we'd be understood anyway...
Then there's the green card: the $24 million Q400 burns from 30% to 40% less fuel than--and emits half the CO2 of--a 70-seater regional jet and offers up to eight more seats. ATR says its light, $18 million 72-seater goes further, consuming 30% less fuel than the Q400 and 50% less than a regional...
...Iran doesn't want to see a resurgence of the Taliban or al-Qaeda; both of those groups subscribe to a radical Sunni view that regards Iran's Shi'ism as an abomination. (Iran nearly went to war with the Taliban in 1998 after the militia's forces murdered eight Iranian diplomats and a news reporter in Afghanistan...
Calgary, Alberta • speech in which George W. Bush will "share his thoughts" about his eight fiasco-riddled years as "the Decider" will be given...
...thing is certain about avian influenza: it's deadly. All three people who contracted the H5N1 strain of the virus in China last year died. In the first six weeks of 2009, eight people have come down with bird flu, and five have died. Another thing is that while the disease has yet to go pandemic, as many doctors fear it could, it remains worrisomely persistent. Every year since 2003, about 100 people in Asia, the Middle East and Africa contract the disease. Last year, in a rare exception, the number dropped below...