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...first effort at writing verse, but it was the first time I tried to write a long, narrative, epic poem. I somehow decided that doing a book of rhyming couplets would sort of drone on after a while, so I decided to interrupt it with what we're calling "embedded poems." Some of those - maybe about half - are poems that appeared in The Nation. The whole narrative poem is published for the first time in the book...
...sleepy reception as he strolled through the University of Minnesota's student union with St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman and campaign staffers. Students sporting red "I voted" stickers approached him for photographs, but other students lounging in the main lobby peered over their laptops, wondering who dared to interrupt their in-between-class naps...
...Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program of dance music to bring you a special bulletin from the Intercontinental Radio News. At twenty minutes before eight, Central Time, Professor Farrell of the Mount Jennings Observatory, Chicago, Illinois, reports observing several explosions of incandescent gas, occurring at regular intervals on the planet Mars. The spectroscope indicates the gas to be hydrogen and moving towards the Earth with enormous velocity...
...interdisciplinary study,” Faust said. Since becoming dean in April, Grosz has had less time to focus on the sciences, but she said that she is still deeply committed to continuing her research. An expert on artificial intelligence, Grosz explained how systems should decide when to interrupt their users. She cited first responders as computer users who, because of the critical nature of their jobs, need computers to know when to interrupt them with important information. “Interrupting at the wrong time is costly but not interrupting at the right time is also costly...
...managed to commandeer three seats for themselves. The man had propped himself up against the window with his partner on his lap and a blanket pulled over them. "At first I thought they were sleeping," June says, "but their bodies were moving very discreetly up and down." Rather than interrupt, June went immediately back to the galley and announced the coach-class quickie to the other flight attendants. "Of course, [they] all did cabin walk-throughs shortly after!" June says...