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...Summaries of these and the other three stories would suggest that nothing much happens. Yet to read the works themselves is to experience vividly the tectonic shiftings and rumblings and reknittings that go on beneath the surface of everyday lives. There was truly nothing minimal about the reach and grasp of Carver...
...soon. The denouement scripted by Washington in these final weeks has failed to tempt either Arafat or Barak to commit to their roles because its basic propositions contained the seeds of domestic political doom for both men. And that appears to be the reality President Clinton has failed to grasp in his attempt to pass the peacemaker baton to President-elect Bush. Right now, both sides can commit to an open-ended process that helps them manage their conflict - to a process, in other words, without an endpoint...
Based on the wrestling team's rise to prominence in the last few years, it isn't that difficult a concept to grasp. O'Donnell's win was only part of a group performance that solidified Harvard's place among the elite in the sport. Co-captain Matt Picarsic nearly matched O'Donnell's feat, tying No. 1-ranked Todd Beckerman through two periods. Sophomore Max Odom's bouts were also noteworthy in a Crimson performance that sparkled from top to bottom...
...most important concept to grasp at this point is how the stock market interacts with the economy. Both run in cycles. But because investors focus on the future, the stock-market cycle is usually ahead of the economic cycle by six months to a year. With an unprecedented 49% of all American households owning stocks, and so much information available immediately via the Web and financial TV channels, this linkage is tightening. But there will always be a gap between the market and the real economy. That means stocks may be at their lows just as a slowdown becomes apparent...
...nuclear defeat in Judge N. Sanders Sauls' trial court, and especially after the final Supreme Court ruling, Boies' critics became operatic. Top trial lawyers with no grudge against Boies agreed that he made missteps. At trial, they said, he presented the wrong witnesses. On appeal, he showed a faulty grasp of the jurisdictional issues, and he boxed himself in by arguing that Dec. 12 was a meaningful deadline. Throughout, he spent too much time talking to the cameras and not enough time preparing...