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...comic shtick to heartbroken threnody, its mordant Faulkneresque interludes, its gusts of lyric melancholy blown in by way of F. Scott Fitzgerald, its ecstatic perorations from Jack Kerouac. And my toaster will never lay before me a vision of a world in which technology is stripping away all the ancient, vital magic while shepherding mankind to the brink of destruction. On the other hand, my toaster makes toast, and nothing quite so graspable ever pops out of this predictably bewitching, predictably bewildering book...
...Sullivan said that total, literal belief in ancient Scriptures of all kinds is a bad thing and that partial, selective belief is not so bad. Can we go one step further and assume that no belief at all would be best? Andrew Staudzs Winnipeg, Canada
...revealing outfits, the latter drinking plenty of alcohol. Meanwhile, Muslim women wearing long, shapeless dresses and head-scarves stood around in small groups. I spoke with an elderly, bespectacled imam from Somalia who wore a large woolen shawl over his shoulders and a colorful, pointed cap, embroidered with ancient-looking but unfamiliar shapes and symbols. His limited knowledge of English did not prevent him from repeating the words "peace, peace, peace" over and over again...
That’s only a three-year span because freshmen were not allowed to play varsity in the Ancient Eight in Marinaro’s day, a caveat that has the asterisk brigade out in force, with Marinaro himself leading the way and the media, including The New York Times, dutifully falling in step...
Going up against the third-best rushing defense in the Ancient Eight, expect Dawson to eclipse Marinaro late in the second quarter. And Liam O’Hagan and Corey Mazza should feast on a secondary allowing upwards of 235 yards in the air per contest...