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...book, Barry incorporates excerpts from Sand's own extensive autobiographic works and correspondence, without disrupting the flow of his own prose. Although the most memorable phrases in the book are Sand's, Barry too is highly readable. He deals with the potentially trite, unhappy childhood syndrome with just a dash of sentimental emotionalism, making the reader aware of the conflicts and complexes which shaped Sand without turning her life into a soapy saga...
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...dash and the 40-yd. hurdles were pleasant surprises for the Harvard coaching staff. McCurdy said he was unsure of the strength of his sprinters before the meet, but the Crimson won both races...
Larry Schember used a quick start to blaze to a 4.7 second victory in the 40-yd. dash. Schember was so keen to fly off the starting block, a camera click caused him to false start once before winning his race...
...used to be cited, with 20/20 hindsight, as the product of an "essentially feminine" sensibility, a painting as full of style and chic as an egg is of albumin. But is the kind of sensibility in its design-the springy black silhouette of blouse and tunic relieved by one dash of white, the brisk notation of the face smeared and flecked by the black lace veil, the emphatic circumflex of the painted fan behind the girl's head-essentially different from that of Degas, Cassatt's mentor? Stylishness does not go by gender; perhaps it never did. Cecilia...