Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Crystal contends that the eastern end of the neighborhood is worthy of preservation. She and other neighborhood activists charge that Harvard's new Busch-Reisinger Museum behind the Fogg Art Museum and a complex of shops at 8-10 Mt. Auburn St. could irrevocably change the area's character.
In contradictions like this one--and Flaubert's refusal to marry, despite the fact that he had many lovers and professed himself "in love" several times--lie the mystery of the author's character which might have led him to identify with the ill-fated Emma Bovary.
Lottman points out these contradictions simply by telling the story, but he never addresses them, and this lack of explanation leaves the character of Flaubert disappointingly flat.
Some weeks ago, as the press and TV uproar began to subside, the two women spent a couple of days sorting photos in the Portland house Allison shares with her boyfriend, a local doctor. Allison and Luce did not know each other before the expedition, and though they are friendly...
Had the experience taken either woman into unexplored places in her character? "No," says Allison, not surprisingly. But then she adds, "Getting to the summit didn't. Winning's easy. Not getting there the year before did. Yeah, failure teaches you things." Luce says, "Maybe I'm calmer. Friends say...