… which the proudest parts of our vaunted civilization have come, in a state of confusion. Men distrust each other; … are born only to grow up into an unlovely maturity, or to die before they, know the years of seasoned thought. And … art and hope are reported on by an individual who is also a person. And then Sudermann brings us back into …
… By Ray Stannard Baker. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company. $4.00. At Washington, as the reviewer sits down to … preserve the objective point of view. His ancestry, his studies, his literary tastes, all gave him a strong personal … in the early spring of 1915, at a time when, as Mr. Baker points out, the President was urging him to get in touch …
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… Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the early hours of April 26, 1986. A few days later, they were told they had to … and benches, and to find the company of toddlers and old ladies. The memorial used to have two sets of wings: an inner … than in other cities.” She looks out the balcony and points to her father’s old van, still used for picnic trips …
… Best 200 Words I Read All Week. From fact to fiction, from comedic to tragic, we hope you find as much to admire in … heal the public sphere. Ed Lee, a San Francisco mayor who died in office this past December, liked to praise what he … and a growing sphere of private power and experience. Locals lament losing one sort of cosmopolitanism as they turn …
… that was so. Cohén is opening up a debate that exists in medieval religious history by recasting its main terms and the … and a French professor. Everyone intrigued by the finer points of gender studies, French studies, cultural studies, … a jilted groom and a missing bride; the action of Murdoch’s 26th novel involves the musings, lamentations, and …
… run-off. He had seen it in other years, had learned not to come before mid-April, no matter how much earlier spring … he carried those genes rather than his mother’s. She had died when she was 55 after an adulthood of heart problems. … floor were still shuttered and boarded up. But he did it also to reassure himself. Seth’s voice was so slow and eerie …