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...exception. Unlike Chopra's previous novel Soulmate, which dwelt at length on specifically Eastern ideas like karma and reincarnation, Daughters focuses on a figure long popular in Western myth and legend, and among contemporary New Agers as well: the Wise Woman. Its slim plot revolves around Jess Conover, a young reporter at a Boston newspaper. Confused, adrift and emotionally anemic, Jess stumbles, seemingly by chance, on a classified ad in a newspaper: "Love has found you. Tell no one. Just come." Could the message somehow be intended for him? Chopra's loyal readers won't linger a nanosecond on that...
...Jess soon learns that he has stumbled into a sisterhood of modern mystical sorceresses who, page by page, short-circuit every last one of his ingrained, materialist expectations about the universe and his true place in it. Mysterious potions are drunk, lingering glances exchanged, and the mundane world falls away to reveal a visionary landscape of miracles, marvels and fulfilled hearts - one that, Jess discovers, had been there all along, just waiting for him to stumble on it. "We didn't lead you into an illusion," Dolly explains to Jess as he struggles to find his bearings in this dizzying...
...DIED. JESS THOMAS, 66, tenor; from a heart attack; in San Francisco. At 6 ft. 3 in. with a solid, profoundly expressive tenor, Thomas was truly a born Wagnerian hero. Raised in South Dakota and a student of child psychology before devoting himself to a musical career, he debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 1962 as Walther in Die Meistersinger. With a repertoire encompassing virtually every heldentenor role composed by Wagner, Thomas went on to become that rarity of the '60s and '70s -- a singer whose vocal and dramatic power could match that of the great heroic soprano...
...bounced back this season to notch its best record since 2002. What was its recipe for change? Leadership from the team’s seven graduating seniors. New head coach Lisa Miller, who brought a different game plan to the veteran squad. And the fresh talent of rookie midfielder Jess Halpern. In her first season with the Crimson, Halpern was Harvard’s second-leading scorer with 46 points on 34 goals and 12 assists, pacing a Crimson attack that finished second in the league in goals per game. Individually, Halpern finished 10th in the league in goals...
...hours as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid worked to remove McCain's amendment; eventually it was tabled by a vote of 56-42. But the tactic created no good will with Webb's staff. "At this point we were really not in the position to negotiate," said Jess Smith, a spokeswoman for Webb. "We're sticking to our guns that our bill will take care of our vets; incentivizing long-term military service is not the top aim of this bill...