Word: larkins
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With five rookies and seven returning players, Head Coach Jean Marie Burr will depend on the leadership and athleticism of centers Rachel McDonald and Keri Larkin to anchor the team...
...better or worse, each of these shows, like Roseanne, recognizes Philip Larkin's dictum: "They f___ you up, your mum and dad." They show families whose parents and kids make real, lasting mistakes that can't be resolved in 22 minutes. (That's not to say they're wholly realistic. Gilmore's Lorelai, unlike most teen moms, has a safety net of wealthy parents...
...common thread in these shows is that for better or worse, each, like "Roseanne," recognizes Philip Larkin's dictum: "They f___ you up, your mum and dad." They show families whose parents and kids make real, lasting mistakes that can't be resolved in 22 minutes. That's not to say they're wholly realistic. "Gilmore"'s Lorelai, unlike most teen moms, has a safety net of wealthy parents, while even the hard-edged "Titus" tends to play dad's psychological cruelty as farce. (As for "Normal," suffice it to say, John Goodman sings "Zing! Went the Strings...
Imagine an Auden less reticent about the (male) objects of his affection, or a Philip Larkin shedding his librarian's tweeds for a leather jacket and motorcycle boots. Such imagined metamorphoses might give new readers some sense of the lively pleasures awaiting them in the poetry of Thom Gunn, 70. Those who have watched his distinguished career evolve over nearly half a century need, of course, no such introduction; news that a new book of Gunn's poems has arrived is enough to start their celebrations...
Executives at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly aren't waiting for government action. They offer free colonoscopies to all their employees starting at age 40. "The guidelines typically suggest screening at age 50, because that's when the incidence of colon cancer becomes statistically significant," says Dr. Gregory Larkin, director of corporate health services for Lilly. But since it takes precancerous polyps five to eight years to develop, he notes, why wait a decade to start removing them...