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...reference to Dara Horn's editorial about "real" people (Opinion, July 10, 1998): I was born in 1973, but I'm still inclined to think of myself as a real person. I've been in the military since graduating in 1995 and married for almost a year now. In fact, I'll even be moving next month from an apartment to a house! Still a rental unit, but surely a step up the great chain-of-realness...
...writing to tell Horn that she should really get with the '90s when it comes to the notion of permanence. I consider my marriage to be a permanent part of my life, but that's about it. This is the decade of the temp. A "career" today is far more likely to be a succession of "temporary" jobs than a thirty-year stint with a single employer. This is true even for doctors, lawyers, computer programmers and others with reasonably marketable skills...
...Horn's permanence paradigm just doesn't cut it anymore. It's not that her friends are in a state of denial about the passing of their studenthood; they just have a better grasp on the realities of today's marketplace--which isn't surprising, since they're real people, while Horn is, after all, just a student...
...Dara Horn...
...binge known as San Fermin, has claimed yet more victims. One man died Thursday when he plunged off a wall; another is in serious condition after a bull trampled on his head; a third was gored in the leg by a bull that had rid himself of his rubber horn protectors. Add to that the casualty list of head and jaw injuries earlier in the week, and you have one of the bloodiest San Fermins since -- well, since the last life was claimed...