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...suited both partners to live their lives in parallel compartments. Architecture kept Ned, sane and he "poured his imagination and emotion into other people's houses." Emily spent most of her life in a cocoon of mysticism and fashionable causes and in writing thousands of letters to her absent husband. In the end these letters, and the replies she received, became the marriage and form the basis of this book. Through their letters they expressed their true emotions. "You would not really love me if I was the kind of wife you sometimes imagine I ought to be," Emily once...
Since dining in the dark is not without its pitfalls - knives and forks tend to miss their invisible targets - certain dishes and foods are absolutely taboo. Peas, prawns and spaghetti, for instance, would just be too hard to eat and are therefore absent from the menu. Finger-food, however, and soup served in double-handled mugs are great favorites with the clients and the chef alike. Whenever possible, the food is precisely arranged so that customers can locate it using directions such as "celery at 3 o'clock" or "feta cheese at 9 o'clock...
...that Horn should end up in the middle of the marriage issue. His career parallels two decades' worth of debate over the meaning of family. As the head of outpatient psychological services at Washington's Children's Hospital in the 1980s, Horn saw the effects of broken homes and absent fathers. The experience pushed him to the right. His wife's becoming pregnant with two girls made him, he says, more sensitive to fetuses and a foe of legal abortion. In the Administration of George Herbert Walker Bush, Horn was a mid-level appointee on family issues. Though the Bush...
...with University President Lawrence H. Summers’ selection of Stone, who has focused this year on the media and public affairs aspect of the job, real estate decisions could once again be absent from the community affairs office’s radar screen...
...success has created a mirth and camaraderie among the players that was absent in previous years. Kerr notes with pride that many of his players hang out together off the field and a good number of them are blocking together next year...