Word: despairs
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...returned to Nigeria in 1960, the same year his homeland gained independence from British colonial rule. Soyinka's adult career coincides almost exactly with the brushfire of nationalism that swept across Africa, a phenomenon that filled his writings with bursts of hope and despair. He eloquently expressed the ideals of black nationalism and spoke out harshly whenever they seemed in danger of being compromised or betrayed. In 1967 he was arrested by the Nigerian government, charged with assisting the Biafran rebels in their struggle for a separate state and held for 22 months. Soyinka later recounted this ordeal...
...exchanges and dazzling wordplay. He and Watson make a fine team, both of them endearing in their pathetic plight. And but for a few swallowed lines, the supporting cast keeps the inspiring lunacy going at a quick, clever pace. Stoppard's stock of metaphysical puns and absurd rhetoric of despair flies so fast that they rarely become over-bearing. From all sides of the coin, a spirited showing for two of the Bard's interchangeable bit players...
Back in the World is refreshing for its variety. "Soldier's Joy" is a venture into despair that we almost don't escape. "The Missing Person," on the other hand, has a protagonist who is almost as strange and lost and cynical as his counterpart in "Soldier's Joy." He is a priest whom life has clubbed with one disgrace after another, but who begins a quiet, enduring love affair with a woman he meets by chance at a hotel...
Just because of the recent hard times, Harvard football fans shouldn't despair--help is on the way. Suffice it to say that this Saturday the Crimson visits Hanover, N.H., and faces the Dartmouth football squad...
Without a doubt, then, this year's edition of Courses of Instruction more than fulfills its promise, leaving insatiable readers panting for more. But not to despair, loyal fans. For the next edition is due out in only a year...