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...important, of course, because they take place in all of us, and all our days and loves (even if Paris in the spring is Perth in the fall). They are as close to us as the spring in our step or the dying fall in a lover's lament; and the high incidence of alcoholism and suicide in far northern countries is routinely ascribed to the extreme rhythms of three months of white nights giving way to three months of absolute dark. That seasons affect our sense of order is reflected in the fact that doctors speak of seasonal affective...
...JULY 1993, DEPUTY WHITE HOUSE counsel Vincent Foster wrote an anguished lament: "I was not meant for the job or the spotlight of public life in Washington. Here ruining people is considered sport." Nine days later, Foster was dead. Shock at the apparent suicide of one of President Clinton's top aides turned to mystery, then suspicion, as the White House became entangled in an ever widening net of questions. Among the confidential matters Foster was working on when he died was the Clintons' investment in Whitewater, an Arkansas land development launched in 1978 with the Clintons' partners...
...read avidly, B&B explained that real wages--whose decline we all lament--are linked to productivity growth because market forces push down labor costs to compensate for high-priced, inefficient manufacturing methods...
Although we agree that the Shops may not be the best investment to put in the middle of Harvard Square, we sympathize with the vendors and lament that HPRE has once again placed the value of money over the importance of human beings' livelihoods and Harvard's relations with the community...
...tempted to conclude that Loker was built in anticipation of the "houses into dorms" transformation that will kick in once randomization is instituted. This is another reason to lament our new student center. It comes at the expense of a Harvard tradition that was good in principle as well as in fact...