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...Curricular Review meeting that he was told in some concentration courses that in order to write well he should “forget everything [he] learned in Expos.” While different disciplines differ in their stylistic expectations, good writing tends to share core elements regardless of the subject...
...even with such a heavy subject matter, Watson, known for his shrewd humor, tried to lighten the mood...
...give a hoot about Britain's royals, but this time I want to say bravo and best wishes for a long life of growing old together to the steadfast couple [Feb. 21]. In centuries to come, Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles' love story will undoubtedly be the subject of novels, plays, films and maybe even an opera or a Broadway musical. And, of course, their parts will be played by beautiful young people. The true story is better...
Debt relief may sound boring, a topic best relegated to policy wonks and academics. But of late, the subject has seemed almost, well, sexy. At the annual meeting of world leaders at Davos, Switzerland, in January, one of the most exciting moments followed an impassioned speech by President Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania, who proclaimed that his country can do nothing about poverty so long as it is burdened with heavy debt payments. Sharon Stone leaped to her feet and called for the stunned audience to help--and promptly raised some $100,000. But after the stars fade from the headlines...
Thompson never held himself at arm’s length from his subjects; he bear-hugged them (even the druggies and rapists) and then wrote about it. His journalistic philosophy was rooted in the existential philosophy of Heidegger, who posited the collapse of the subject and object; Doc believed that the observer of a situation necessarily becomes an agent in that situation. He wrote himself into his stories, and gave birth to gonzo journalism. He’s still the only Rolling Stone writer cooler than the cats he wrote about...