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When a spot of light hits our retina at its blind spot (where there aren't any photoreceptors), our brain fills that part of our visual field by extrapolation. We usually don't even notice. Literature can do the same thing. Non-fiction is constrained by facts. Facts are easily manipulated and never paint a full picture of a person or an event. There are too many blind spots, too many hidden motives. Fiction, by contrast, can fill in the gaps between the facts. It necessarily presents an impression, an over-arching framework that selects certain facts and disregards others...
...Pursuing degrees in different graduate and professional schools often means unofficially enrolling in both. Students say school administrations often do not recognize their dual status and count them as just one of the masses. There are often two applications to fill out and two tuitions...
...Republican kingmakers. And then make an "I told you so" case for 2004 if Gore wins in November. So he was careful to keep a certain distance; he ruled out being anybody's veep and joked about being Bush's "Secretary of Reform," a position he'll now fill in the Senate, on the trail and in front of the cameras with new and improved clout from now until at least November. Meanwhile, Bush didn't have much to do except stand there and remind everybody that the two have honest and manly beefs but "a lot more agreements than...
...amazing length and strength of the U.S. boom. Despite all the recent gyrations in the stock market, the longest economic expansion in U.S. history has not only created incredible numbers of new jobs but also brought into the labor force the most varied sorts of new workers to fill those jobs and keep the economy humming...
...veggies, low-fat protein and grains--can indeed reduce the risk of dying from cancer, heart disease or stroke. May sound familiar, but this is one of the few reports that look at the health effects of overall diet, not just a single food or food group. The message? Fill your plate with the good stuff...