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...Rankin, a windexman on the glass, pulled down the rebound around three Wildcats. And lookit here!! James White, open downcourt for a three!!! JW came out of Kentucky, and now he says, 'Hey, I can play with youuuu!!! I can play with yoooooouuuuuuu!!!!!" Crimson sky at night, Harvard's delight bbbbaaaaaabbbbbyyyyy!!!!!!! Hello, sweet sixteeeeeeennnnn...
...about one thing: this is a hell of a way to think of human beings. Every moral system known to our species starts with the proposition that each human life is precious (even though we may not agree on when that life begins), each child a potential source of delight. Surely there are other philosophies -- Hitler and his epigones in Bosnia represent one -- but they cannot claim the label moral. When we start thinking of the neighbors' kids as pollutants, we're on our way to Rwanda writ large...
Step Four: Develop an attitude problem. This is the distinguishing characteristic of any Harvard editorialist. They are brash, loud, and opinionated. They delight in insulting those they disagree with. You must cultivate a sense of smug superiority over the other side (poor, misdirected fools that they are). You must be able to explode in moral outrage at the merest suggestion of your favorite...
...that have doubled, then doubled again in size. Between the town of Goma and the airport, a woman dances naked down the highway, cursing at the listless crowds and at the corpses lying on mats by the roadside. A man at the edge of a mass grave laughs in delight when he manages to toss the lifeless body of a child squarely into the middle of the burial pit. A team of laborers is moving bodies from a field to the trucks nearby, when a young man lying among the corpses rolls over. "Get up! Get out of there!" yells...
...book is not only an old-fashioned story but also a lovingly detailed celebration of the north country. Norman, whose first novel, Northern Lights, was about Canada too, revels in remote places. Their names in The Bird Artist -- Mint Cove, Show Cove, Richibucto, Trepassey -- provide a particular delight, as do the names of birds and men. The strange birds give the narrative its own kind of plumage: teal, merganser, kittiwake, cormorant. When the men of the town are searching for a dinghy lost in the fog, they track each other by calling out names: " 'Richmond Fauvette, this is Oliver Parmelee...