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...more direct parable of ambition for mobility - upward mobility. Lenny and Lila were identifiably Jewish, including the crushed glass at the wedding and the honeymoon at a Miami Beach hotel. Lila's worst crimes are eating candy bars in bed and whining, which is understandable, considering that her husband has abandoned her three days into their marriage. Kelly is the blond shiksa dreamgirl (closer to the remake's Lila than to the fair-haired Miranda), whose family is moving out of the Miami Beach hotel because it has "the wrong element" (Jewish) and into a posh social club...
...woman named Layla, the poet Qays expresses his longing in verse. Later known as Majnun—or “driven mad”—Qays is forbidden to wed Layla. Although technically married to another, Layla remains faithful to Majnun. Layla’s husband soon dies, but the lovers’ union is broken by Layla’s own death. Majnun himself dies after hearing of Layla’s fate. Two examples of Indian art, the paintings “Tormented Lovers” and “Majnun with Gazelle...
...nonfiction books on nature, and an essayist whose work has appeared in National Geographic—has combined all her talents to create a chaotic cornucopia of primary documents, creative narration, lyrical prose, and journalism. The book is told chiefly from the perspective of Antonina Zabinski, who, with her husband Jan, served as the keeper of the Warsaw Zoo under the Nazi regime. The two Polish Christians turned their war-ravaged zoo into a center of resistance against the Nazis and a safe haven for Jewish escapees. The Zabinskis managed to keep their zoo under the guise of running...
...Saturday's vote: the PPP simply abstained from voting. With other opposition parties boycotting, that meant that Musharraf received all but two or three of the votes cast, lending legitimacy to his election. In the meantime, Bhutto will get blanket amnesty for corruption charges leveled against her and her husband, Asif Zadari. On Thursday Musharraf told Dawn TV that while he had not forgotten about the corruption charges, "There is a greater need to bring together forces that believe in moderation to take on religious extremism," and that "there is no harm in engaging [Bhutto] in the dialogue process...
...seem, if validated it will probably prove less problematic than Teresa's first. In that case, an Indian woman named Monica Besra reported that she had prayed for the Mother's assistance and been cured of an abdominal tumor. However, members of Besra's medical staff and her husband maintained that her cure could have been brought about by the conventional medical treatment she was receiving. Besra has subsequently complained to the press that after Teresa's beatification the Missionaries abandoned...