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...compensation was the gift of humor. It buffered him from harsh experience and provided the equanimity evident in his work both as a writer and a physician. Medicine suited his compassionate temperament and the need for a career to support his family after his father became a bankrupt and a drunk. Chekhov never shirked this responsibility; it became one reason not to start a family of his own. The other, more powerful rationale was his attraction to writing. In this matter, Troyat is particularly poignant, one might even say Chekhovian: "What was a woman to him, no matter how desirable...
...history of medicine offers a harsh lesson about the deadly impact of sexually transmitted disease. The lethal form of syphilis was first introduced into the known world in Barcelona in 1494. Twelve years later, in an era when travel was difficult, the disease had reached China, killing millions along...
...never really liked his poetry, but I figured I'd get the book for posterity," said Bobbi Hugus of Boston after exchanging harsh words with Ginsberg. "Because he's a poet and can say 'ah' doesn't put him in the same category with Yeats and Keats...
...Under harsh lights...
...message in Scapine is not terribly profound. Moliere draws a harsh comic picture of the bourgeoisie, obsessed with money and appearances, yet gullible and foolish. Octavio and Leander, dependent upon their parents' fortunes, are too cowardly to follow their hearts. Argante and Geronte, mean and suspicious, cling so tightly to their purses that their children are relegated to a subordinate position in their lives. Only Scapine lives a life of pleasure, controlling the rich through her clever schemes...