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...totalcontempt but constantly seek the validation of thefamily in all they do. Thus even though RobertLowell would come to publish book after bookflagrantly railing against the Winslows and theLowells, he would as a child constantly seek theaccolades of his grandfather Arthur Winslow. Yearslater, Stuart in desperation decides to fall backon her sense of family honor so ritualisticallyingrained and return to her family's homestead inConcord, to a house near Walden Pond. Here sheexpects her children to learn to swim at the famedlocale. The children desert the pastoral settingfor a local pool, and Stuart out of some sense ofrestitution, a keen...
Lopez plays all kinds of ball. A running backon the Westminster football team for all fouryears of high school, he intends to join Harvard'sprogram next year after getting settled in. Anddespite all the time spent on the field and in theweight room training, like many Harvard athletesLopez managed to maintain a highly competitive(4.2) grade point average in high school...
...cutting the deficit, [the Republicans] arebeing penny wise and pound foolish by cutting backon education, which is important in order to movethe United States forward," Sasser said...
Under the "every tub on its own bottom"principle, the various faculties of the Universityare financially self-sufficient. As a result,building a new facility might require cutting backon existing programs, said FAS Associate DeanRobert A. Rotner...
...feels he is in definite danger if the treaty is approved. Alvarez said he is not afraid. "It is my life. I have spent the last 12 years fighting Marcos, and I would rather take the shocks than run away. If he tries to extradite me. I can fall backon the courts, pressand civil libertarians here to help...