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...PSLM inspired a sense of activism on campus that was either suppressed or absent, It just sparked people," Bonner says...
...even this cannot redeem the novel’s slow start. Although the story is interesting, its themes of family conflict and a child’s longing for her absent father are not particularly original. And although the novel should be full of beautiful description, it leaves the reader wishing for a clearer picture of the homestead and the coastline of Portugal on which the story takes place...
...Bush was seated at his wooden desk, which is shaped like a boomerang. The President seemed relaxed during the interview; it was obvious that he had been giving a lot of interviews lately and was in a kind of groove. He leaned over the desk while he answered questions, absent-mindedly fiddling with a cellophane candy wrapper as he spoke, and finally tearing it into little pieces...
...Absent from the debate so far is any acknowledgment of the economic harm to Montenegro of trying to go it alone at a time when Western Europe is heading in the opposite direction toward greater union. But expectations are low in the Balkans. If Yugoslavia manages to disapear without triggering more death and destruction, no one will seriously object...
...does an impeccable job instilling some signs of life, all be they muted, in what may be the flattest character ever written. But for the most part all parties involved, from Claudius to Laertes, show a distinct lack of subtlety or careful characterization. In those instances where Hamlet is absent from the stage for an extended period of time, the production can become downright painful to watch...