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Friends since childhood, Amelia (Catherine Keener) and Laura (Anne Heche) have succeeded in staying close friends, still confiding in each other, calling one another several times...
...competition [in the workplace] is much keener today then ever before," Brokaw says. "But at the same time, there are more opportunities...
Steven J. Mitby '99, said he favored Dole because of this experience and his "vision and perhaps a keener understanding of the issues...
...shared loss -- even if not shared directly with others -- was enough to forge a sense of community. WELL member Jon Carroll, who participated in the electronic support, believes ``cyberspace entered the real world in a real way with her death.'' In his view, virtual communities often enjoy a keener sense of connection than physical communities. ``Since they are in cyberspace voluntarily,'' says Carroll, ``people are far more interested in participating in the life of the community online.'' That view is not universal. ``We need to be critical of the use of the word community,'' counters Steven Jones, editor of CyberSociety...
...dubbed "home of the newly wed and nearly dead"), she was treated like an alien by her classmates. "They never smelled garlic before we came," says Roddick. Her stepfather, who ran the first and only American-style diner in town, died when she was 10 -- a loss that was keener for Anita and her younger brother Bruno than they knew. Eight years later, their mother Gilda confessed the truth: the man they called stepfather was actually their father. Locked in an unhappy marriage, Gilda had conducted a clandestine affair with him for several years, in the process bearing...