Word: gathering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gurus. He is weak and silly, dazed from the regimen of opiates and alcohol she has administered to him as "tonics." The therapeutic tortures Will endures are grotesque, but the novel's direction is predictable, and all that the story must resolve is how long it takes Will to gather his meager wits and clear out. Loosely related subplots, thrown in to keep matters churning, deal with the efforts of a couple of con men to get rich in the cereal business and of Kellogg's bitter adopted son to take well-justified vengeance on the great doctor...
...Gather round, children; it's time once again to talk about that famous construct of the twentieth century, the military-industrial complex. Sadly, the complex is ruling our lives more than that of Oedipus or Electra at a time when we need it least. When the president and ex-president both proudly call our nation the only superpower, why do we need a defense-dominated economy...
...make their tactical case, officials had to depend on their intelligence from inside the compound, but as Koresh grew more paranoid it was harder to gather. The atf had an undercover agent inside before the original raid, but his shooting skills on the target range may have aroused suspicion. After negotiating to send in milk, magazines and a typewriter, they tucked in tiny listening devices as well to help them monitor Koresh's moods. But cult members were said to have found the bugs and destroyed them...
...late start to the evening gave roughly 350 of Harvard's would-be funksters ample time to gather in the Dunster courtyard for what at times looked like an impromptu high school backyard party. At 9:30, the doors to the Dunster dining hall opened, and most audience members got their hands marked with the letter "F". An anonymous sources close to the Missionary Monk Messiah revealed to this reviewer that the "F" stood for "Funk...
When Harvard's collection of liberal snobs and effete professors gather for Commencement, they should take a walk inside Memorial Church, dedicated to the men and women who died in World Wars...