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...surroundings convey a similar sense of old aesthetics, a retreat in the midst of a modern, frenetic city. The noise of the heavy traffic on a nearby elevated highway sounds at this height like distant surf. Delicate bamboo shades filter the daylight. The color arrangement is restful: low ceilings of exposed wood, off-white walls, pastel rugs of blue, green and gray...
Raymond Carver's A Small, Good Thing is precisely that: the progress of a couple recovering from the death of their son, rediscovering the savor of life at a bakery: "They swallowed the dark bread. It was like daylight under the fluorescent trays of light . . . and they did not think of leaving." Carver's tale is distinguished not only for its deceptively simple, ultimately haunting style, but for its history. The original version was published in a collection of stories two years ago. Carver might have let it languish there; instead he chose to rework the material, enriching...
That brazen daylight attack on Israeli forces last week underscored the urgency behind Prime Minister Menachem Begin's pledge to the Knesset, delivered three days later, "to bring our sons home from Lebanon." It also drove home a harder truth to the Israeli public: one year after the Israeli invasion that was launched with the intention of transforming Lebanon into a friendly neighbor whose soil would never again be used as a base for attacks against Israel, Israeli forces in Lebanon have become bogged down in an increasingly violent war of nerves. Three days after the Chouf ambush...
...trying to breathe, but he can't--it's as if someone is strangling him," explains Dr. John W. Stakes III, instructor in neurology and supervisor of the nightly tests. Other doctors handle the lab in the daylight hours, but on Monday and Tuesday nights, Stakes is in charge...
...days later] The Weathermen are going to get it. This area is being floated by even more sirens. They won't be able to get out. It is daylight...