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...took no pleasure in his notoriety; he ran from it. The Selected Letters adds another interpretation to an already overwrought tale. The age demanded a hero, Lawrence qualified, and the 20th century then got what it deserved: a loner, an ascetic, a man who might have been happier as a medieval monk than as the public cynosure he became. No paragon in his own eyes, Lawrence nonetheless remains a haunting presence in the contemporary consciousness, an indissoluble mixture of weaknesses and strength...
...excludes the Khmer Rouge. Not unless and until the two non-Communist groups accept that realignment should Washington provide them with arms. The result would be a different three- against-one equation that might lead to the eventual disintegration of the Khmer Rouge. And that would be a far happier fact of life for Kampuchea -- as well as a consequence for U.S. policy of which Americans could, for a change, be proud...
...world, Take 6 is loosening up staid Adventism. Just before the Grammys the group gave its first performance at Sligo Church in Takoma Park, Md., where members include many officials of the denomination's nearby world headquarters. McKnight shouted to the roaring throng, "We believe there should be no happier people on the face of the earth than those who serve a risen Saviour...
...oldest son, Grant, began his education at a public school in St. Louis, but his parents removed him after six weeks when they decided the education there was "very rote and uncreative." Mother Micki Colfax, who has a master's from the London School of Economics, says she was happier with Grant's next school, a private alternative education school, but decided to begin teaching at home when they moved to California...
...happier world of glitz and gossip columns, Trump attracted a lot of attention when he bought the New Jersey Generals football team in 1983 for a reported $8 million (Trump says he paid only $4 million) and tried to spur the fledgling U.S. Football League into full competition with the powerful National Football League. Trump not only invested heavily in college stars like Herschel Walker and Doug Flutie (who cost him $5 million or more) but also persuaded the league to sue the N.F.L. for antitrust violations. One league member recalls Trump saying that "everything he had been involved with...