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Iraqis have learned to be surprised by none of the disasters that two wars, a dictatorial regime and an American enemy have dealt them for two decades. They accept almost everything, not given to frantic preparation in the face of another frightening challenge. Yet they were startled by the suddenness of this latest trial. A few days ago, Baghdadis were worrying about which four hours of the day they would go without electricity...
Since the preseason, Harvard has been dealt one blow after another, be it illness, injury or the dreaded Rhodes Scholarship...
...thrust of the whole thing is a judgment on our part that we have not been fairly dealt with," Feinberg said...
Throughout, O'Donnell paints a subtly poignant picture of a young man struggling with a dual identity: as the child of a modest Irish-Catholic background and as a well-connected graduate of prestigious "Hale University." Ask yourself how many contemporary comic novels have dealt with the issue of class, and you will come up with a short list. Moreover, ask yourself how many manage to skewer Swedish cinema, performance art, silly doctoral theses and the "Poverty Barn" along the way, and you'll begin to see why this one is such a treat...
...second segment of the night dealt with the global problem of child labor...