Foreigners – Caryl Phillips – Books – Review – New York Times
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- Foreigners – Caryl Phillips – Books – Review – New York Times
- -ZNE: Who would you blame?
- Seinfeld’s Festivus a tradition
Foreigners – Caryl Phillips – Books – Review – New York Times
New York Times – Dec 23, 2007
Part of the problem is that Phillips seems to have lost his craftsmanlike touch. He experiments with three different voices in the three sections but none are convincing. The Barber section narrated by a James Boswell-esque researcher of Johnson’s life is stilted and anachronistic; the Turpin story the most conventional of the three reads like an extended.
-ZNE: Who would you blame?
Times of India – Dec 23, 2007
Experts suggest it is very important to teach children respect for others andtolerance. Nevertheless eventhough parents and teachers cannot really escape the blame for being totallyunaware of the storm that was brewing the Gurgaon case doesn’t really qualifyas a “school shootout”. Wikipedia defines a school shootout as “gun violence ateducational institutions especially the mass murder or spree killing of peopleconnected with aninstitution. In the presentcase Abhishek was the only target and there was a specific reason cited for thekilling. And as such there is no real need to press the moral panic button assuch by suggesting “deviant cultural behaviour that poses a menace to society. Though we could say we have taken a big first step towardssuch ascenario.
Seinfeld’s Festivus a tradition
Gloucester Daily Times – Dec 23, 2007
“A lot of it comes down to how you celebrate ‘the holidays’” Leto said. “What kind of party do you have without making people feel bad? Festivus fills that niche because it’s a holiday based on nothing. ” Last December Festivus was the 663rd most viewed article on the online reference site Wikipedia beating out such real-life celebrations as Kwanzaa (672nd) and Boxing Day (696th). ne online store even sells Festivus cards including one acknowledging a donation to the Human Fund and a series of postcards sending “Festivus greetings from Del Boca Vista” the home of Seinfeld’s TV parents. There’s even an unofficial anthem “ Festivus” to the tune of the Canadian national anthem. nnnStaff writer Chris Cassidy can be reached at 978-338-2526 or by e-mail at ccassidy@ecnnews.
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