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...couldn't shake: "My life suddenly became much more chaotic. I realized that we can't control our lives. Life might just pick you up and drop you somewhere else. You just have to dignify the position you land in, because life is short, and you can't defer death." That feeling suffuses Never Let Me Go. People have manufactured a class of clones to extend their own lives, and in so doing made mortality even more vivid and imminent. The clones' struggle to squeeze an entire life span into a couple of decades makes the book at once exhausting...
...brothers wrestled, a cousin is on the Annapolis team, and her uncle is one of the coaches. Her other uncles wrestled too. Strict Christians, they are not enthusiastic about boys facing girls on the mat. They think it's immodest, and it somehow upsets their notion that females should defer to males. Her uncles are not alone. Girls who wrestle boys routinely endure heckling, forfeits and what they feel are unfair calls. But Woody, an Olympic hopeful for 2008, will not be deterred...
...itching to take a vacation but feeling temporarily light in the wallet? A few airlines now allow you to purchase tickets on layaway. If you sign up for the American Airlines credit card, you can buy any ticket worth at least $199 and defer payment for 90 days with no interest. Continental and America West let you do away with a credit card entirely if you use a feature called Bill Me Later on their websites. You have to fill out a credit application, but if you qualify, you won't have to pay until the bill arrives. Continental will...
...Perhaps I should defer that question to someone who’s received over 60 million votes,” he joked, turning the question over to Gore, who himself couldn’t help but laugh...
...type of State Department travel notice—one that “warns U.S. citizens against travel”—the new policy includes any and all warnings like those to “consider carefully the risks of travel” or “defer travel.” On its face, this policy may seem outwardly reasonable, but it is arbitrary and unfortunate. With this decision, Harvard has supremely oversimplified the dangers of traveling abroad, inhibiting Harvard students from experiencing the widest range of different cultures and traditions...