Word: exaction
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...refraining from the plebeian trappings of the other members of Wampanoag Cabin, I know now that I most certainly wasn’t alone, because across the country, at science camps and singing camps and sports camps, future Harvard students’ revolutions were being awkwardly thwarted by the exact same forces. But just because we were all here being awkward together at a sleep-away camp on the Charles doesn’t necessarily mean that the gawkish days have ended. I remember young Grant Noble’s first Harvard Carnival, baked beans and ranger cookies sliding around...
...mind. Elizabeth McCracken's son never had time to find his. He died in her womb when she was nine months pregnant. There can be few grimmer topics for a book than a stillborn baby, but I'll say this for McCracken's memoir, the unwieldily titled An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination (Little, Brown; 192 pages): it's the funniest book about a dead baby that you will ever read...
...ments in Inbox regarding swimmer Michael Phelps [Sept. 8]. It may be true that Phelps had the advantages of technology in breaking Mark Spitz?s speed records; however, Phelps-with his laser-sleek swimsuits and streamlined swimming caps-competed for his eight medals against other athletes with the exact same advantages. Phelps won those medals fair and square and should not have to justify his victories to those who think he should have done it the ?old-fashioned way.? Janice Heidt, Houston...
...Reese's comments in Inbox regarding Michael Phelps [Sept. 8]. It may be true that Phelps had the advantages of technology in breaking Mark Spitz's speed records; however, Phelps--with his laser-sleek swimsuits and streamlined swimming caps--competed for his eight medals against other athletes with the exact same advantages. Phelps won those medals fair and square and should not have to justify his victories to those who think he should have done it the "old-fashioned way." Janice Heidt, HOUSTON...
...bombshells, Paulson asked Congress for the authority to do (and spend) whatever it took to keep the companies from going under. He soon got what he wanted, and he said he hoped that alone would be enough to see them through. But after taking a closer look at the exact state of their capital reserves and watching buyers begin to shy from their debt, he stepped...