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...second) one they gave me for the $80 I paid for it. But they haven't returned my calls or my money. Apparently, TPC's monopoly on computer sales promotes lackadaisical customer service . I have found that , to get any action, I have had to apply constant pressure--a drain of time and energy during my year at Harvard. Steven G. Alter Fellow, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History
These are the antagonists in the love match that Brookner sets up. George watches unblinkingly as his standards go down the drain. He also looks without flinching at the object of his fixation. She has "an unusual gift: she brought everyone to the brink of bad behaviour." An honest man and proud of it, he is appalled to hear himself telling her petty lies, mostly in an effort to keep her greed at bay. Meanwhile, she is a determined missionary as she rattles on about getting in touch with "the essential self." Confronted with one of his respectable female friends...
...Grozny seemed on the verge of falling last week, Chechen fighters and thousands of refugees from the capital trekked south into redoubts in the Caucasus Mountains. If the conflict descends into guerrilla warfare, it may move off the world's front pages, but it will continue to drain Moscow's resources and weaken Yeltsin -- if, of course, he survives in power...
...Mexican economy. That, however, has little effect on ordinary Americans. For the moment, the issue is being ignored by Washington as the city adjusts to new political realities there. But once the Republicans settle in, they could realize the political gold mine offered by Mexico's potential drain on the U.S. That could force Clinton to take his cue from the Mexican Finance Minister and plead forgiveness, on bended knee, before American voters next year...
...security guard stepped over the prostrate figures to empty basins from sick students into the storm drain in the driveway...