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The Storm God
… in the land of Hegel and Kant. My husband, who had studied in Heidelberg as an exchange student in 1932—33, knew … an apple on a plate with a knife. “Peel it!” Herr Jaffe commanded curtly and handed back the plate to his wife. She … But Herr Armbruster did not want me to leave with any false ideas: “It is voluntary, completely voluntary the …
The Tigers of Wrath
… sometimes . . .sometimes. . .” “And sometimes circum,” I completed tremulously. But neither of us could explain what … carried him through 14 years of retirement, and when he died in 1968 at the age of 81, a chorus of alumni joined in … of Barton, clutching at disordered books and papers (briefcases were bad form) and wiping the egg smears from our …
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Election 2004: What Happened?
… history. I first voted in 1960 when John F. Kennedy was complaining about a missile gap that did not exist. The … answered that question for their readers or television audiences. Nor could most people study the detail of Bush’s … throughout the campaign. Every couple of days, his website, FactCheck.org, exposed a new set of lies. It got a …
Mexico, America, and the Continental Divide
… on his independence and disdain for political cant. His website is emblazoned with the legend, “A liberal with … might envision. Put simply, my argument turns on three points. First, there is no way to stop the continuing … migrants avoid US authorities. But as a wide number of studies show, that didn’t reduce the number of migrants. …
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The Story of Old Women
… of the coin of love of faith dictators clown around come and go hands stained with human blood old women get up … old women are indestructible they smile knowingly god dies old women get up as usual at dawn they buy bread wine … salt of the earth the bark of a tree the timid eyes of animals cowardice and bravery greatness and smallness they see …
Some Notes on My Books
… cousin suggesting that we should each take a slate and “compose a poem.” Cocksure, I set to work and produced four … such as it was, no doubt came to me through my father—he died when I was too young to know much about him—from my … have been one of Dublin’s best amateur singers in her day. Also a devotee of Handel. I mention this because, when I …
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