Word: hauntings
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...Still, the latest allegations against Kundera, which have spurred discussion across Europe, are a reminder of the moral ambiguities and compromises that haunt the generations that lived through World War II and the Cold War - exactly the stuff of the novels that made Kundera famous...
...recent months, Chicago has bathed in pride as the place Barack Obama calls home, in spite of the attendant scrutiny on people like the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. and Tony Rezko. But it is now particularly defensive, if not irate, about the latest local figure to haunt Obama's presidential candidacy: Bill Ayers...
...state almost $30 million each year—money that could go toward reducing the budget deficit or toward improving our schools. This is also a victory for privacy. Keeping these charges from being permanently recorded in CORI will prevent youthful use of marijuana from coming back to haunt people later in life. Such violations have nothing to do with an individual’s competence in a specific job and should not show up on background checks. More importantly, however, the laws punish an act that should not be illegal. Smoking marijuana hurts nobody except, arguably, the smoker. Since...
...former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, recently described them as a “senseless destruction in the U.S. financial system” and a well-known executive exclaimed on the pages of The Financial Times that “Greenspan’s sins return to haunt us.” Finger-pointing, whining and semi-fake expressions of compassion with homeowners are all mixed in print and the airwaves with serious analysis. A surefire recipe for confusion has thus emerged. Although many seem to enjoy suggesting that the present state is disastrous or worse, certainly...
...What if I broke my neck and no one was there to find me? What if something exciting happened and there was no one there to listen to my story? If anything is evident in “Olive Kitteridge” it is that these are concerns that haunt most everyone. Loneliness is horrifying, and misery is unavoidable. But thanks to Elizabeth Strout’s indomitable characters and the empathetic way she treats them, the stories are also an enjoyable read.“Olive Kitteridge” is a collection of 13 short stories about the residents...