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...funny thing," says Simon Tolkien, grandson of J.R.R. and author of the forthcoming novel Final Witness, "was that he was most famous on your side of the Atlantic. I think the English establishment was slightly suspicious of him." In fact, Tolkien found all the fuss distasteful. "Many young Americans are involved in the stories in a way that I'm not," he once remarked about his fans--or as he called them, "my deplorable cultus." He wondered what Americans saw in his long, deeply Anglophilic and, let's be frank, overwritten epic. But the Rings had struck a chord...
...opposition politicians, who today use cell phones to summon supporters to rallies and alert radio stations to fraud at polling places. His introduction of wireless technology has profited not only Masiyiwa--who says Econet's profits are up 116% this year--but also Africa's progress toward democracy. --By Simon Robinson/Johannesburg
...diplomats, even pop stars were in attendance as he swore the oath of office under a clear blue winter sky on the steps of the National Assembly. The mood wasn't festive?South Korea was in the throes of the Asian financial crisis (appropriately, the inaugural music included Paul Simon's Bridge Over Troubled Water). But it was a soaring, hopeful moment for the nation, the first peaceful transfer of power to an opposition party in half a century...
...campaign of David M. Darst ’04 and Shira S. Simon ’04 did poster outside in the Yard early this morning despite the likelihood that their signs will be taken down by the time most students wake...
...Simon E. Chin ’05 called the readings “one effective way of responding toward [the Paulin debate] in showing the power of literature...