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...wife Mary, two sons and daughter some 18 years ago. "I don't get much pleasure from reading my own work," says Cheever, stubbing out a cigarette and lighting another. "I'd like to rewrite all the novels." Going over his short stories, though, turned into a happier experience. "I'd totally forgotten some of them," he recalls. "I couldn't tell you how they ended...
...harken back to a happier time, if only for explantation's sake. In the 1940s then-President James B. Conant '14 initiated a reform of Harvard's undergraduate curriculum; his subsequent report, "General Education in a Free Society," eventually led to the adoption of a set of requirements that each student would have to take, in addition to courses in his or her concentration. The scheme was simple, at least on the surface: the range of disciplines was divided into the Social Sciences. Natural Sciences and Humanities (affectionately known as Soc Sci, Nat Sci and Hum), with the Committee...
Mormon ideals, however, do not promote warmth and intimacy between marital partners and offspring, despite "forced togetherness," nor do they encourage growth of the individual, open communication or independent thought. Since leaving the Mormon church, my own family is closer, more supportive, more optimistic, and happier as individual and independent human beings...
With the crisis over, Begin looked forward to a happier event: his 65th-birth-day celebration later in the week, at which he was to host an open house for hundreds of relatives, friends and colleagues. In truth, he had a lot to celebrate. His health was greatly improved following an attack last June of pericarditis, an inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart. Moreover, his political popularity appeared to be rising again; the hopes of the Israeli public had clearly been buoyed by news of the Camp David summit...
...would rather gamble than do anything else. The compulsion was lost years ago when the casinos cut off his credit and demanded cash. Even the desperate excitement of changing one's life with a bank-breaking night is now denied him. It is one of life's happier problems: "having more than enough, he has too much to lose. Gambling is simply a $20,000-a-year relaxation and a chance to visit with Las Vegas friends. He can usually be found prowling the Tropicana, one of the older casinos off the glittering Strip, where he has invested...