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Garland for You
… great fuddled head of the sky, And all recollections are false, and all you suffer Is only the punishment thought … refract, sand-grain in sun-glare, glory of that light to come. You are you, all will be clear; So sleep, my dear. … in some colding last lurking-place, And standing there studied that strange face Which had endured thunder and even …
The Anonymous
… I still think that foreboding came with it. I said, “Come in,” without looking up, and he came in and stood in … told me I should come to you to arrange for a room and meals, and for instruction also.” “You’re coming to the … you wish.” “And how long do you intend to work at these studies?” “Until I have mastered them, senor.” I looked at him. …
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Natural Disasters
… shock subside, and your heart rate had begun to slow as oncoming headlights approached. That’s when you felt a sense … brown eyes sweep the room before they return to you. She points toward the knife on the coffee table. Her lips twitch … class lesson plans for the week ahead. J. D. Salinger had died. You’d thought it would be fitting to hold class in …
A Question of Leadership: The 5th Army in Italy
… The 5th Army in Italy Ask a citizen of the ‘90’s who commanded the World War II American 5th Army in Italy and … up only dim recollections of a bygone war. But to the soldiers in Italy, the name of Lieutenant General Mark W.Clark … his close, intimate ties with Eisenhower and more than once points out that Ike addressed him by his nickname, that …
Notes on Current Books, Winter 1989
… concentration on Athens characteristic of most classical studies. Though he writes more about Athens than any other … Nepmen, 1921—1929 , by Alan M. Ball. California $32.50 When communism failed, Lenin brought back the capitalists in his … Lytle is a traditionalist and a moralist whose reference points are those of his own Southern background and whose …
Codfish Chowder and Sun
… tops, if you were spry, and you must have the myrrh of the balsams in your nose along with the smell of the sea all a … darker and deeper blue between the white crests that are coming in from far Spain. The sea and the sun get in under your soul. I cannot begin to tell you all the ingredients you mix together to make this day of bliss. Somewhere …
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