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Much that seemed off-putting about Beowulf to modern readers becomes, in Heaney's retelling, eerily intriguing instead. Yes, the Scandinavian hero kills three monsters: a scaly maneater called Grendel (Beowulf rips off the creature's right arm at the shoulder); Grendel's aggrieved mother; and, 50 years later, a fire-breathing dragon that mortally wounds Beowulf before expiring. But these bloody deeds actually occupy fairly few of the epic's 3,182 lines. The Beowulf poet, who is recounting legends that were passed down orally from several centuries earlier, is interested less in violence, which appears to be inescapable...
...very unusual for Harvard," Babcock said. "Her dealings with kids were so personal, not at arm length...
...save camera-happy tourists from an undignified death. They escort partygoers who refuse to hear that the kegger is tapped out. They accompany that freshman in Grays to UHS for a midnight carbon snack. These omnipotent regulators are the men and women of Harvard law enforcement, the long arm of the real law at Harvard...
...most of all it hurts to know that I will never again have the honor of seeing No. 13 fire those laser sharp passes, marching the Dolphins down the field with his golden right arm, for the game-winning score...
...despite never having a true superstar player to complement him on offense--or any semblance of a defense, for that matter--Marino never complained, always believing that he could lead his team to the promised land behind his amazing arm. He fought to the end throughout his storied career, even while age and injuries began to erode his skills...