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...fundamental California myth is that noble 19th century pioneers braved the Sierras in order to cultivate a golden promised land. Not quite, says Didion. The great crossing was often "a mean scrambling for survival, a blind flight." And what of the early Californians' inspirational unity with nature? "[They] took what they could," writes Didion, "and...set about selling the rest." As for their vaunted individualism, the state's residents have always been largely subsidized by the Federal Government, right down to the "sad, bad times" of the present, when "virtually every county [is]...dependent on defense contracts...
...ARTS Books: Leaving Mother Lake Movies: Blind Shaft digs deep...
Growing up in an era where the U.N. has been made to symbolize peace, it is taboo in educated circles to reject the institution, even scoffed at as puerile or cowboy-ish. But the blind homage paid to the world body on this, the organization’s birthday, should not cloud the fact that the U.N., by virtue of its membership’s extremely divergent interests, is an impotent organization, powerless to truly halt affronts to human rights...
...also said that Harvard is one of the last remaining schools to use the completely blind letter format...
Womak said the number of searches, and hence “blind letters,” has vastly increased over the last 10 years and that departments could benefit from more nuanced and relevant information from outside sources...