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Even now, decades later, I can remember that first romance--the notes passed at school, the endless discussions with my girlfriends containing the phrase "I know he likes me, but does he, like, like me?" Young love is bound to induce adolescent inanities, but it can also lead to serious depression, suicide and even homicide. (Andy Williams, the accused killer of two students at Santee High School, told friends he was despondent over a relationship at the time of the shooting.) Grownups may know enough to brace themselves for at least some relationship difficulties, but for kids, everything about romance...
...tale of Rehnquist’s first experience with the Supreme Court in 1952 when starting work as Justice Robert Jackson’s law clerk. Rehnquist offers details of nearly everything: the drive in a small blue Studebaker from his parents’ home in Wisconsin, the seemingly endless steps up the Supreme Court building, his first glimpse of the courtroom, his first memorandum to recommend whether a hearing should be granted for a certain case. Though interesting, the pace of the first chapter seems to creep along interminably...
FROM RICHES With 80% of San Francisco's dotcoms facing extinction, the streets are strewn with jobless techies. Gone are the benefits, the lavish perks and all that money. But also left behind are the endless workdays and job stress...
...short day, at least, Nomo’s stunning performance makes us forget about all the problems that plague the Red Sox. The anemic hitting, the suspect pitching, the endless injuries are all forgotten for the time being. Instead, we are left to appreciate one of the truly rare feats in baseball history and hope that Nomo’s heroics spark the 2001 Boston Red Sox to overcome last year’s disappointing finish...
...Texas's governor pursued the presidency, endless newspaper and magazine articles detailed the conditions of the state's public defense system. National newspapers recounted stories of defense lawyers missing court dates, forgetting to visit their clients, even falling asleep during death penalty trials because they were alternately lazy, underpaid or caught up in a system of cronyism with judges. The election's exposure led many Texans, appalled by the conditions in their own state, to start asking questions...