Word: fines
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...being slowly ground down. But these are remarkably few weak points in a collection of 11 stories: and in stories like "The Half-Skinned Steer," "The Mud Below," and, most strikingly, "Brokeback Mountain," Proulx reasserts herself with a force that has grown and become refined since the fine Heartsongs collection. She has developed herself as a chronicler of memory, and her protagonists in these stories are more psychologically compelling than even the strongest characters in Heartsongs. The past bleeds silently and met seamlessly into the present, or snaps back like a whip, and what tragic consequences may come from present...
...felt comfortable," Woodfork said. "I could have played in the first game, too, but Coach didn't want me out there. I felt fine and I didn't have to make many throws which was good for my elbow...
...elevated into the Triumph of American Painting. Earlier 20th century American art took much longer to be appreciated by Americans (or anyone else). Names like John Marin, Marsden Hartley or Charles Demuth still mean nothing in Europe, and until quite recently the proposal that Stuart Davis was as fine a painter as Jackson Pollock would have struck most cognoscenti as barmy, even heretical...
...that, if women should be found to be unnecessary for the continuation of the species, they would cease to exist at all." Sexual freedom seem like a good thing? "The sexuality that has been freed is male sexuality." Women deserve an equal shot at a career in the military? Fine, but just remember: "In modern warfare, women and children on the ground are in greater danger than the professionals who maim and kill them from a distance." She will probably draw ire for her chapter on female genital mutilation, in which she argues that Western women should be worried instead...
SKINNED AND BURIED If you're thinking of prepaying for your funeral, be careful you don't get stiffed. A group of Texans recently sued sellers of funeral (or burial) insurance, alleging deceptive marketing; regulators in Florida are trying to ban sales entirely. Advance planning is fine, but keep in mind that some policies deliver full benefits only if you live to a ripe old age. Others don't cap premiums, so if you do make it to 95, you could spend $30,000 for a $5,000 funeral. Make sure any policy is portable...