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...husband and I consign ourselves to this exclusive penitentiary? An old friend and retreat veteran bamboozled us into joining her by making it sound like a spa. "It's lovely. Lovely walks, lovely yoga, lovely massages," she said. In retrospect, her eyes were suspiciously bright as she added: "And you'll love Lisa...
...first time, a long-haul retreat [an error occurred while processing this directive]on St. Barts in the French West Indies. Accommodation in all locations is plush, and no more than 10 participants are accepted at one time. So why did my husband and I consign ourselves to this exclusive penitentiary? An old friend and retreat veteran bamboozled us into joining her by making it sound like a spa. "It's lovely. Lovely walks, lovely yoga, lovely massages," she said. In retrospect, her eyes were suspiciously bright as she added: "And you'll love Lisa." Love is a many-splendored...
...explained at the conference last week, depends on a general extension of these principles. According to Peter Uvin, a writer and professor at Tufts University, the new strategy is “more political, more principled, and more structural.” The overall goal is to permanently consign the link between development aid and strategic self-interest—the “he may be a sonofabitch but he’s our sonofabitch” school of foreign policy that dominated aid during the Cold War—to the dustbin of history.The World Bank?...
Ultimately, Mansfield does not endeavor to resolve the paradox of manliness, only to defend its virtues to a generation that he fears might otherwise consign it to the rubbish heap...
...John Wylde ’60-’63, to play in the celebrated Cape Cod League in early June, fulfilling Brown’s lifelong dream of making a Cape roster. When the conclusion of the College World Series and the arrival of new talent threatened to consign Brown to bench duty—“We were hoping to find ways to possibly keep him,” says Wylde, who had become a Brown booster after watching Harvard games in the spring—the shortstop transferred to the North Adams SteepleCats of the wood...