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...always endlessly supportive to those of us who followed him, offering advice and counsel and encouragement. When I faced a possible prison sentence last summer for not testifying in the CIA leak case- I eventually did talk to the Fitzgerald grand jury-I had some close friends write letters to the judge, asking for mercy. The first person I thought of to testify for my character was the most respected man I knew, Hugh Sidey...
...admission, has acted less like a strong-arming leader and more a playground monitor. Still, he is proud of negotiating to get more representatives of the large Sunni minority, which dominated Iraqi politics under Saddam, into the Cabinet. Al-Jaafari also pushed to bring in Sunnis to help write the constitution. While al-Jaafari stops short of welcoming Baathists back into the government, his actions, say Western diplomats, have brought Sunni politicians into the fold and may reap benefits including broader participation in the Dec. 15 elections. But each step, al-Jaafari says, is a huge exercise...
...said ‘I have no parents.’ I didn’t really know what to say, you know?” The story of the then 26-year-old woman, who was abducted by the NRA at the age of 8, inspired Iweala to write his creative thesis.The novel is written in a very particular style, a broken English in which present continuous seems to be the only tense, a style that requires some adaptation. But if this use of language can be annoying at first, it quickly becomes extremely engaging, lively, and believable...
...Harvard Book Store this Tuesday—will assume the coveted position of director of the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshop, taking the place of recently deceased former director Frank Conroy. Chang, also a graduate of the rigorous two-year program, has spent two years teaching creative writing in Harvard’s English department. But the road to writing—as well as to Iowa—has been circuitous: it took awhile for her to realize that she “wasn’t cut out to do much else besides write...
...122nd meeting of the two teams. Each year more than 10,000 alums return to watch the game and to see old friends. I hope you will join them. Unfortunately, this can also be the most dangerous day of the year for students at the College. I wanted to write you about some of the events planned, and about some basic issues of safety...