Word: daringness
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The relationship between Flaubert and Emma Bovary emerges as a passionate substitute for real life. "The one way of tolerating existence," he wrote, "is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy." In turn, Vargas Llosa pulls off a great escape by transforming criticism into a sensual romp...
For Brinkley, Lee and Watson, for daring to teach,
Ivan Boesky's first uncomfortable nickname came from his wealthy in-laws, who referred to him as "Ivan the Bum" for his lack of direction. No ring to it, but some truth. The young Boesky had put in stints at three different colleges before finally earning a degree from Detroit...
Whether he was born in Appleton or not, Houdini did spend the first nine years of his life there. His real name was Ehrich Weiss, and he was the son of Appleton's first Reform rabbi, a Hungarian immigrant. Everyone in Appleton has heard about young Ehrich Weiss and how...
Indeed, no other individual or duo has glided with such felicitous daring across frozen water. "It is the way they get from Point A to Point B," says Andris Toppe, their ballet master. "A lot of skaters will skate to A, do a little trick, then travel to B and...