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Far-Away Love
… own wedding. Her mother was too old and sickly lately to accompany her on all that and her fiance was tied up with his … As they became more intimate, exploring each other’s bodies, again she thought she was doing what those figures on … they accept any decisions I make.” She knew what helped also was that like everyone else in Shiraz his family were …
The Abusage of Usage
… Then the office hour, purified of repetitive detail, will become more efficient and more refined. One can say simply, … here at an advanced undergraduate and graduate student audience. Mr. Barzun’s book, Clifton Fadiman’s dust-jacket … pedants who, as Barzun himself says, “stickle over minor points” but “stay blind to the significant ones.” The Harper …
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The Vermilion Sea
… for cheap, in a boatyard. On this mission, they would be accompanied by Jakob, a German man Uffa had befriended a … he said. “We have a saying where I am from: Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste . It mean: ‘Caution is the … punctuation and was especially infatuated with exclamation points. “When we are back home, we will hang out,” Jakob …
A Continent in Confusion
… 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 …
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The Resurrection
… 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 …
Week of 7/29/18
… 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 …
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