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...techniques: the action takes place in a single day, Ulysses-style. Tomorrow is a tool kit of such Swiftian tricks. Important facts are dripped sparingly, the narration is first person, and this time the action encompasses a single night. Lying sleepless next to her oblivious mate, Paula addresses an anxious monologue to her sleeping twins. "I'm the only one awake in this house on the night before the day that will change all our lives," she intones ominously. Tomorrow, she and Mike will confront the kids with wrenching news. Before disclosing it, she spends most of the book recounting...
...artist in Rhode Island whose wife was a clothing designer. I told him about my concentration and how it was completely random and did not fit into anything I would ever consider doing in life, and how honestly, at a place like Harvard, that lack of direction made me anxious. We discussed crushes and boyfriends, (more about) first-loves and marriage. We talked so much that when the pilot turned on the seat belt sign for landing, I was actually surprised at how fast the trip had gone...
...partisan campaign will focus its efforts in early-primary and battleground states with TV, radio and print ads, a website and on-the-ground volunteers. It's counting on parents, who are increasingly anxious about whether their kids can compete with the studious youth of India and China, to press reluctant candidates for concrete plans. The fate of other top domestic issues, observes philanthropist Eli Broad, ultimately depends on educating the next generation. "If we want to maintain our standard of living, pay for health care, protect the environment and have the resources to take care of the elderly...
...press did get the message that they needed to back off," said R. Baldwin Lloyd, a local clergyman long associated with the Virginia Tech community. "But some were overbearing and too anxious to get the story, and not sensitive to what was happening to people." Lloyd said even prayer groups had been interrupted by television cameras during the saturation coverage of last week...
...improve], it’s mostly about attacking the first 1000 a little more,” Shaker said. “We need to find that really great rhythm from the first stroke in the race.” After dominating Columbia last weekend, the crew is anxious to continue finding more and more speed in the weeks to come. LIGHTWEIGHTS As expected, the Black and White lightweights thoroughly dominated MIT on the Charles on Saturday. It was not just the three victories out of four, which impressed so much, but the way the team did it. The varsity...