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Correspondent Aparisim Ghosh's unflinching diary of his time in Baghdad opened readers' eyes. Scores found sobering contrast between their lives and those trying to cope in war-torn Iraq...
...million Number of children in the world deprived of a primary school education because of war and conflict, according to a new report 89% Percentage of primary-age children not in school in war-torn Somalia, the highest proportion in the world...
...sufferers including Rumsfeld (and, lest there be jealousy on the other side of the aisle, John Kerry had his cuff done during the last presidential election) the cuff gets into trouble primarily because it doesn't have enough room; it gets rubbed on, abraded, sanded down, weakened and eventually torn by the undersurface of the bone ( the acromion) that you feel when you put your hand on top of your shoulder. This mechanism, called "impingement," is the initial culprit in most cases. It's probably not "the old high school football injury" coming back to plague you in your...
...interesting to learn why Starbucks plays so much jazz (to give “romance to the coffee experience”) or why your local high school jerseys were displayed on Applebee’s walls (the kitschy flair makes mothers forget about terrorist attacks in war-torn states), these business principles seem less directed towards the lay reader and more at that slimy kid in your economics section. A major flaw in “Applebee’s America” is that while the authors try to discuss “the average American...
...very good film, and that probably makes sense. Zaillian's movie is much more a reimagining than a remake, and it's much more faithful to the tone of the novel, which is by no means easy to duplicate. Warren was a prolix and poetic writer, and a man torn between conflicting loyalties. He began his career as a Southern conservative, celebrating the agrarian traditions of the region, but found himself fascinated by the vulgar, driving (and possibly transformative) energy of Huey Long, Louisiana's legendary Governor--Senator-- presidential candidate, who was the model for his book's Willie Stark...