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… without much friendliness. “I’ve got a slight head,” he complained, still looking at the ceiling. A single fly, … haven’t got any sympathy.” He crossed to the dresser and studied himself in the mirror. “I can take it off right away,” … in the sun from the kitchen windows, falling loose and uncombed over the crisp green cloth. Her bare feet were stuck …

… appears on the American radar screen, Bill Moyers’ PBS specials notwithstanding. With few exceptions—the works of Sharon … For them, the idea of catering to the illusive ideal of a “common reader” who has a need to “get it” is just another … Moore-ish challenge: What book will you be reading when you die? If it’s a good one, you won’t finish it. If it’s a bad …

… in peace time. Thus, if the peace-time expense for each soldier per day, including living expenses, arms, munitions, … position to secure voluntary contributions from the local communities than are large bodies of troops. Since most of … estimates Dr. H. H. Kung, “the total customs receipt was $262,000,000. In the following five months of the same …

… the hospital in a blizzard that Sunday, her valve completely failed. She required emergency valve replacement … mostly in homes, offices, and a limited number of hospitals. Later, the emergence of successful surgery, … is in order. Nevertheless, doctors enter our lives at points of marked vulnerability and uncertainty, death, or …

… morning, counseling up, up, and away. “I don’t care what becomes of me, as long as you sing me that sweet melody,” the … in a pension drawing room in Brussels, the year she studied with Ysaye (a signed photograph of him, looking … woman swathed in draperies and said, “I don’t like fat ladies.” It gave me immense satisfaction. Only after the rice …