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Reading "Soul Mountain" in this version is a frustrating experience, chiefly because of the sense that there must be more to it than this. Surely the Nobel Prize cannot have been decided principally on the basis of what appears here. Gao, 60, a playwright as well as a novelist, is regarded as a master of the Chinese language. Perhaps that skill cannot be completely conveyed in a translation, but a better use of English might have helped...
...Viewing the film 36 years later is a giddy pleasure. The Beatles' charm is easy and still disarming. The visuals exactly match the springily monochromatic music that the Beatles were creating at that time. Each Beatle was defined with a persona that became enshrined as the capsule version of their true-life characters. John the irreverently impish rebel; Paul, self-aware and cute; George laconic and Ringo the down-to-earth lad next door. (It was Ringo who prepared himself for the spiritual trek to India by shipping out crates of English baked beans...
Disclaimer: A version of this article has been written before. The sentiment expressed in this article has already been articulated. The following words do not convey a new idea. The injustice of the situation, however, demands that I revisit the topic...
...response about deadlines passed and recounts undergone (and got caught in a nasty semantic trap about why they weren't calling Bush "president-elect" yet), though she needn't have bothered - the Bush lawyers in question had already prepared us for their rejection Tuesday morning. Barry Richard, Bush's version of David Boies, explained that Gore was dragging them into this contest at a very late date, having already gotten the Florida Supremes to delay certification by 11 days. And they certainly weren't going to wait around for a hand count in Miami-Dade that has already missed...
...wait a year or so for second-generation devices--and why should you?--I recommend the Nomad Jukebox. For one thing, it's upgradeable--meaning when the wrinkles are ironed out of its operating system (which in its current version forgets those songs you've lined up the instant it powers down), you'll be able to download the improved version for free...