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...Waiting for the dentist is infinitely worse than being in the dentist's office," she said. But Wilson said concern for public opinion isnot driving the negotiations...
Behind the absorbing plot and images, Saramago crafts a profoundly cynical allegory for the condition of humanityand the fragility of the comforts we take forgranted. At the root of the story is not anexplanation for humanity's existence or diagrammeddirections on how to live virtuously: Saramago isnot constructing a sermon on the merits ofobservant, moral living and rational governments.Rather, at the heart of the novel lies a deeplydisturbing hunch that perhaps, in the end, life isblind. We depend on life having a purpose, adirection. The truly disturbing question Saramagoposes is, what if life really means nothing? Thisquestion...
...birthday candles alone inher kitchen opens the play on a perfect note, andshowcases Ceballos' expertise with Lenny'sflighty, loud and endearing character. Lenny'salternately bossy and utterly helpless momentspush the characters to the hysterical moments thatgive this play its funny moments. Ceballos' actingeventually convinces the audience that Lenny isnot a bitter martyr but a loving sister...
...creating an informal thesis-advisingcommittee early, and asking another professor tobe available via e-mail to provide a differentperspective from one's own research advisor, isnot an unreasonable expectation, they...
...idea--of shedding Radcliffe's undergraduaterole and instead emphasizing studies in gender--isnot...