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...different," he continues. "They have different personalities and all that. But I guess I would never have known any or made any friends among them if it had not been for busing, if some of those grownups had their way. The adults say that seventh-graders can't grasp the situation, that we're too young. Well, how can they tell? They aren't the ones in school. They're not trying to make it work. We are. We have to live together and grow up together so we can keep this earth going. Busing shouldn...
...ironically the product of those self-deceived studios) tell the truth: they are the show-and-tell of absurdity, the perfect expression of the flickering, shifting surface of our lives. They tell us that life and the dream are one and the same--inexplicable, exhilerating, never quite within our grasp. And finally, they give the lie to the studios, who thought they had a patent on unreality. A locus for dreams? What's the point, when all the world's a Hollywood
...suddenly, Harvard's 25th President crashed to the floor and the ball rolled out of his grasp. An Administration underling beat Gerlach to the draw, and started a belated and ineffective fast break back upcourt, as Bok repeatedly called for time out to no avail...
...suddenly, Harvard's 25th President crashed to the floor and the ball rolled out of his grasp. An Administration underling beat Gerlach to the draw, and started a belated and ineffective fast break back upcourt, as Bok repeatedly called for time out to no avail...
Uncertain Hope. One senses that most Bengalis do not fully grasp the depth of the country's plight. Less than 25% of Bangladesh's industry is working because of wrecked and looted machinery and lack of raw materials, capital, credit and personnel...