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...turns out that the only thing harder than finding the alleged Unabomber after 18 years, 200 suspects, thousands of interviews and one of the longest, most expensive manhunts in FBI history, is making him sit down and shut up. Theodore Kaczynski, lonely hermit, brilliant sociopath, murderous wood carver, has been fighting with his lawyers for months. They wanted to mount a mental-illness defense; he wanted no part of it. Kaczynski made it clear that he would do anything, even fire his attorneys, to keep them from portraying him as a "sickie...
...centers on a father and son's attempts at making their way home for Christmas Eve in the midst of a snowstorm. The urgency of memory, the need to mediate all the past's heart-break and humor, infuses Wolff's story with dead-pan beauty. Reminiscent of Raymond Carver's classic "Popular Mechanics" (minus the bloody conclusion) in terms of its powerful brevity, "Powder" is the best work included in the anthology...
Proponents say the volunteer work will help reconnect frayed communities by showing young citizens that they can make a difference. "Since the Reagan years, many people just don't care," says Terry Thomas, who teaches a class on service at Carver Vocational-Technical School in Baltimore. "The only way to get people back into the community is to teach...
...collection In a Marine Light, Raymond Carver dedicates one of the poems, "The Projectile," to Murakami: "We sipped tea/Politely musing on possible reasons for the success of my books in your country/ Slipping into talk about pain and humiliation you find occurring, and reoccurring in my stories/ And that element of sheer chance." Carver's verse easily applies to Murakami. Although Murakami deals with a larger terrain, he illuminates both man's condition and an entire nation's with unforgettable style...
Until you published your lengthy report, Hillary Clinton was doing a fairly good job staying out of sight, just what the public wants her to do. In the future, please assist her in achieving this goal. H. WAYNE CARVER II Avon, Conn...