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...Sisters of Life Formation House in the Bronx, N.Y., 16 young women are making their way through that journey. They include a former Marine, a professional opera singer, a United Nations aide and a recent Yale grad. They have left behind paychecks, apartments, even boyfriends. Sister Thérčse Saglimbeni, 27, a novice who joined the convent in 2005, recalls watching the sisters playing volleyball while she was a student at the nearby State University of New York Maritime College. "I was with my boyfriend and had said how fun the sisters looked," she says. "He said, 'Well...
...because schools are worried about being sued? We're turning our kids into overweight, hyperactive, neurotic messes by meticulously tending to each and every nuance of their lives. Parents and teachers would do better to let kids experience life and the ups and downs that make it the wonderful journey...
...short masterpiece The Crying of Lot 49 and certainly not in his mammoth new book, Against the Day (Penguin Press; 1,085 pages). Of course this makes me not just a Pynchon reader but practically a Pynchon character, another of his comically put-upon quest figures who journey into mysteries that engulf them. Even that is part of Pynchon's grand scheme, which is to make the experience of reading his work a demonstration of his most forceful intuition, or one of them: that history is a monstrously deceptive puzzle and the world is a shower of clues, most...
...Good Year Directed by Ridley Scott Twentieth Century Fox 3 1/2 stars Wine, romance, nostalgia, and competition… No, the new Russell Crowe vehicle is not a retelling of a college career, but rather the story of a businessman who embarks on a journey to discover himself. Sure, it’s hackneyed, but director Ridley Scott’s “A Good Year” still manages to entertain. The film’s plot line is familiar, and holds very few twists. Included within is the traditional “boy meets girl, girl changes...
...journey from the South Side of Chicago to the north shore of the Charles River, Patrick passed through Milton Academy, a suburban Boston prep school, which he attended on a scholarship from the organization A Better Chance...