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...also write that if Iraq erupts into a "full-blown civil war" or develops a government "hostile to America," the result would be "extraordinarily undesirable" for the U.S. Can either be ruled out? The jury is still out on both of those...
...Even in the throes of passion, Malouf's characters have a tendency to sublimate their feelings. Like Jo, who "wanted a love that would be overwhelming, that would make a wind-blown leaf of her, a runaway wheel," the acclaimed Australian writer, now 72, prefers to explore more spiritual intimacies. This is the theme of his seven new short stories, each in its own way a memento mori. In War Baby, an abandoned son wears his late father's R.A.A.F. greatcoat in preparation for fighting in Vietnam; in Elsewhere, a Blue Mountains father grieves for his lost daughter by reading...
...last days at West Point, I watched from the stands as the class of 9/11 took the art of parading to its farcical zenith. A high wind had blown a tall plumed hat off one of the lead cadets, forcing the hundreds who followed in box formation to try to step over it without glancing down or altering their parade stride. As you might imagine, that did not work out very well. Cadet after cadet ended up stumbling over a hat that could have easily been picked up and tossed...
...with minor injuries. Both should be back on the track in the near future. After an encouraging showing in the first event of the season last weekend, in which they finished fifth out of 19 teams at the Fordham Fiasco Invitational, the women’s team was blown out by Princeton and Yale in the annual H-Y-P meet. Bulldogs junior Lindsay Donaldson came in first in the 5k run with a time of 17:26, followed by a veritable army of Tigers, as seven straight Princeton runners finished the race between 17:31 and 18:02 seconds...
...acquaint herself with their personal stories and continuously updating them. In mid-November, she walked in on Sergeant Heath Calhoun on his first day on the ward. He was sobbing in the arms of his wife and questioning how he could survive after both of his legs had been blown off by a rocket-propelled grenade. Though uncomfortable at first, Katie stuck around to console the 24-year-old Ranger, and from that day on followed each phase of his recovery. When he was on furlough and had to bounce on his butt up a flight of stairs to check...