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...plan to savor the new polls? Spend your time more productively by rearranging your sock drawer. Why? Consider 1984. On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, the New York Times reported that Walter Mondale "now holds the most commanding lead ever recorded this early in a Presidential nomination campaign by a nonincumbent." His nearly 3-1 triumph in Iowa had given him a 57-8 lead in national polls over nearest rival Jesse Jackson. And less than 24 hours later, Gary Hart beat him by 10 points in New Hampshire and turned the contest upside down...
...better marksman, like a golfer who watches Tiger Woods videos; how he decided to stop taking his Luvox, to let his anger flare, undiluted by medication. How Klebold's violent essays for English class were like skywriting his intent. If only the parents had looked in the middle drawer of Harris' desk, they would have found the four windup clocks that he later used as timing devices. Check the duffel bag in the closet; the pipe bombs are inside. In his CD collection, they would have found a recording that meant so much to him that he willed...
...Mara is compulsive, jealous, hyper-analytical and destructive. She "walks as if the floor is thin ice. She checks beneath the cushion of a chair before sitting; she counts the knives in the silverware drawer." Through Mara, Budnitz explicates mental illness and the rationality of murder. This is too ambitious for her plot and narrative, especially given Mara's stream-of-consciousness rants. Had the rest of the novel not been so richly descriptive, this technique might have been effective. Instead, each thought staggers, laden with a false sense of importance and significance...
...meeting also heard a report from the Faculty of Arts and Science Library Committee. A description of Widener's new carrels--complete with network connection and a locking drawer--elicited oohs and ahhs from those in attendance. The Library Committee also reported that a group of "selectors" will consult with faculty in choosing which books will be sent the Harvard Depository during the Widener renovation...
...until last Thursday I was still the normal mundane me. Shawshank Redemption, Say Anything and Trainspotting still held their places in my movie drawer as my most favorite of flicks. The Neverending Story was there too--after all, there's nothing like Atrayu and his heroic travails when you've had a bad week...