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...romance. Enter tragic life obstacles. As Darling’s narrative ultimately conforms to the conventional marriage plot, she assumes a more decorous tone to relate the weightier thematic content of confronting Lescaze’s son’s untimely death and Lescaze’s own terminal bout with cancer that’s more like a New York Times Sunday Styles “Modern Love” column than sex blog-cum-novel. Perhaps the time is ripe for this kind of thing: when even a lowly Senate staffer can get herself fired by blogging about...
...Music,” which features Lauryn Hill and feels slightly more like R&B than soul, is another stand-out track, largely because its slower beat and lower range complement Stone’s rich vocals. Even “Tell Me ‘Bout It,” the album’s poppiest song and first single, is worth a listen, as it best showcases the full range of Stone’s voice. But the CD often tries too hard to offer meaningful insight into Stone’s psyche. It leaves this reviewer with...
...depth of their roster was something I have not seen in quite a long time. In each weapon, in each event, they had literally a world-class fencer.”Hagamen locked up his first individual medal in New Jersey by winning 19 of 22 bouts, beating out the second and third-place finishers by just one victory. The final bout could not have been closer. The Crimson’s captain beat out Notre Dame’s Patrick Ghattas, 15-14, to become just the fourth men’s fencer to win an individual medal...
...Penn State, the depth of their roster was something I have not seen in quite a long time. In each weapon, in each event, they had literally a world-class fencer.”The setup of the tournament also made things difficult: fencers face others in five-touch bouts in round-robin play and then compete in a final four. There was no way for Hagamen to run away with the title: he was going to have to work for it.But Hagamen was up to the task, fighting his way to the final bout against Ghattas. He went...
...Edwards suspects she's better prepared than most, because she's already faced down death, not only with her first bout of cancer but also with the loss of her 16-year-old son Wade 11 years ago in a car accident. "When you lose a child through an accident," she says, "you discover that you only have an illusion of control over your own fate. I've already let go of that myth, and that makes this process a lot easier...