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...that end, Jennings went into teaching, though he said that he did not expect the field would allow him to fulfill a commitment to future generations...
...City Council disagreed for weeks on end about which of the nine councillors would hold the post of mayor for the next two years, the city lingered without an elected leader...
What is literature, in the end, but the art of rendering uncanny one’s own language, of not taking words for granted, of watching language undulate in slow motion through space? Nietzsche understood this. The quotidian life of any language ("What’s up?" "Nice weather!" "LOL") is naturally disenchanting. 99.99 percent of the words we speak show no trace of life. Clichés trickle from our zombie mouths. We speak a lot and say little. Literature re-enchants language; it fills its lungs with gasps. What are the pangs induced by good poetry...
...ideal way to legalize marijuana is for the federal government to end its ban, while allowing each state to regulate and tax marijuana as it sees fit. This would circumvent the complicated constitutional issues that will arise if the California initiative passes, as federal law would still prohibit marijuana...
...end of that January night, Maher commanded a slight lead with three votes—an insufficient number to secure the mayorship...