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...Will's erratic trajectory through the 19th century he accumulates lots of money and power, first as a trader, then a lawyer, then a politician, and he blows it all in a quixotic attempt to preserve his adopted tribe and its homeland. It's a picaresque and pulpy story, pure pleasure at times, full of duels and hunts and treks and sweaty, historically accurate sex (although Claire, the book's weakest link, never becomes more than a compilation of crackpot feminine ideals). But it has a sad heart, and in the end an elderly Will is left wincing...
...currently following in Maryland, undergo anger-management training, and complete 50 hours of community service, Sherman said.She did not specify what “treatment plan” Thomas is currently undergoing.Thomas and football head coach Tim Murphy could not be reached for comment yesterday evening. Thomas’ lawyer Michael J. McHugh ’73—himself a former member of the Harvard football team—also could not be reached for comment.After the incident, Thomas was stripped of his captaincy and kicked off the football team. Thomas is taking the semester off from the College...
...Didn't Know, Hughes focuses that same informed, unsparing scrutiny on his life. He does not escape uninjured, confessing infidelities, drug trips and lapses of faith, confidence and good sense. He skips from the accident back to his comfortable Catholic boyhood in Sydney, Australia (his father was a successful lawyer) and a frighteningly rigorous education at nearby St. Ignatius' College, a Jesuit boarding school right out of James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. A dilatory student at Sydney University, he drew cartoons for an off-campus magazine and drank with the Sydney Push...
...closing statements yesterday, Kelleher’s lawyer disputed Garcia and Haile’s account of the night, and said that there was not enough evidence to implicate his client...
...Braley, a Waterloo trial lawyer and legal aid attorney, is presumed to have the slight lead over Quad Cities businessman Whalen thanks largely to President George W. Bush's low approval ratings. A self-described progressive Democrat, Braley has criticized the President's handling of foreign and domestic concerns, from the Iraq War to the economy, and dubbed his opponent a potential "rubber stamp" for the Administration...