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Because talk is cheap? Perish the thought. Because in confronting our deepest racial feelings--even if emotions are "rubbed raw," he averred--we will emerge better and stronger...
...company, founded about a century ago by an immigrant German sausagemaker, once had an export business in boneless beef as well as in tripe and hearts. But by the mid-1980s it was mainly a supplier to McDonald's. Too many other companies were competing to supply the raw material of Big Macs, though; they forced prices so low that Link could no longer make a profit. It went into a Chapter 11 reorganization in 1986 and emerged two years later as a snackmaker. Its new selling point: a recipe for softer, yet still flavorful, beef jerky. "With traditional...
...slender collection of published work already earned him the PEN/Faulkner prize for fiction and the Flannery O'Connor Award, plus a handful of other literary accolades? The answer hinges partly on the accident of his birth and the raw materials that fed his literary imagination. Now 41 and teaching English and creative writing at Emory University in Atlanta, Ha Jin had the good luck to be born outside the U.S. and hence be protected from the homogenizing and potentially trivializing influences that afflict so many U.S.-born aspiring authors. Beginners are advised to "write about what you know...
...them. Its bark turned into an anguished squeal as they slit its throat and disemboweled the beast. Amid the gory scene, the excited volunteers screamed, "Our God, our nation, our leader!" After they finished off the dog, they pulled live rabbits apart, limb from limb. The recruits ripped the raw rabbit flesh with their teeth, smearing their faces with blood and fur. It was a bizarre indoctrination ceremony, apparently designed to underline Iraq's message to the world: Saddam Hussein was preparing his people for a fight...
...soccer games on sheer will alone, however. Soccer is a complicated mix of raw talent and strategy and if you don't have skilled players--especially in Division I soccer--you will get beaten hands down. Wheaton knows how to identify talent and use it to win games. Take freshman Erin Aeschliman who was a walk-on (but did attend Wheaton's summer soccer camp). Who could know that she would score both of the Crimson's two goals against UMass yesterday...