Word: doneness
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...them is like watching a movie. When I started reading A Wild Sheep Chase, I made a pencil dot in the margin next to every memorable phrase or description. Eventually each page was marked with so many dots that I decided instead to reread the book - which I've done about seven times. His works are like symphonies that one enjoys listening to over and over again. Mel Leyde, SOPHIATOWN, SOUTH AFRICA...
...very many people at Harvard have done what sophomore golfer Claire Sheldon did last Saturday. Actually, only one person ever...
...damage had been done, and much of the momentum Brown enjoyed since taking office in June has now been lost. The controversy helped to boost the already resurgent Tories, whose rise only intensified when Brown shied away from an expected November election earlier this week. Brown, who in Iraq had praised "the great courage, professionalism and bravery" of British troops stationed there, has found himself accused of cowardice by the increasingly confident Tories for avoiding an open election fight...
...election to the Elysée on a platform of deep and sweeping reform, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has repeatedly pledged a "rupture" with the past habits, attitudes and endless calculating that have frozen so many of his country's previous governments into virtual immobility. One area he's done just that is in assembling his government under the ideologically blind policy of "ouverture" - the "opening" of cabinet posts to erstwhile leftists opponents whose talents Sarkozy believes will serve the nation well. But while initially applauded by many pundits for ignoring traditional hostilities that have previously made bipartisan governments impossible...
...think anybody was prepared for what happened," Hayes said. "I don't blame anybody - I was mad I didn't get to finish, but I think it was maybe the best decision, given everything I was hearing. I don't know what else they could have done other than maybe call if off before it started...