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...their return as aliens. Yet where others complain about history, Phillips sets about remaking it, in more inclusive terms. As befits his theme, this new book is a hybrid, a mix of history, fiction and first-person reportage, its opening section delivered in the 18th century voice of a friend of Johnson's, the closing one in a collection of voices (white, West Indian, African), recalling the quiet, solitary-seeming Oluwale as he walked around the streets of Leeds. Yet all the pieces are linked by a sense of deep loneliness and the bitterest ironies. Barber, like Oluwale, is found...
...Even when we’re not on the best of terms—if, say, a friend beat me in a friendly game of Xbox, he wouldn’t pour salt in the wound by failing to feed me or locking me out. He wouldn’t keep the windows open so I’d freeze, forcing me to go outside just to achieve a little bit of comfort. In short, he wouldn’t be like Holy Cross...
...Hanzich joined the American Cancer Society after a friend was diagnosed with cancer, Koh wrote in a letter to the law school community. Hanzich also volunteered in nursing homes and provided Spanish translation services to the poor in a Harvard Law School legal services clinic, Koh wrote...
Hanzich joined the American Cancer Society after a friend was diagnosed with cancer, Yale Law School Dean Harold H. Koh ’75 wrote in a letter to the law school community. Hanzich also volunteered in nursing homes and provided Spanish translation services to the poor in a Harvard Law School legal services clinic, Koh wrote...
...street: It's purpose was to get rid of the previous chairman, denounced as a drunk, although when it came time to pick a replacement, there were no candidates. Eventually, the present chairman - whom most locals know only by his title, not his name - was nominated by a friend of his. When he failed to decline the nomination, the relieved locals hastily concluded their exercise in democracy...