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...Tennessee State as an undergraduate with a “well-directed mind.”“I could not afford to be an English major or to dabble,” he says. “I focused on academics, in particular on engineering, to lessen the burden on my family.”COMMITMENT TO SERVICEEven after completing his studies, Evans’ parents’ educational message continued to drive him.When working in Huntsville, Ala. on the 1969 moon landing, Evans says he saw young African-American adults being “swallowed up?...
...down the river," where he could meet up with General Nathaniel Banks. Instead, Grant decided to turn northward. "I feared it was a mistake," Lincoln acknowledged after Grant's spectacular victory. "I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right, and I was wrong." Then, to lessen the censure of another general, Lincoln wrote, "I frequently make mistakes myself, in the many things I am compelled to do hastily...
...could invent a more inviting topic for discussion. But none did, and initial expectations were low for the organization that sees itself as "a dynamic moral force on a global level." At its frequent best, PEN has indeed aided the release of writers imprisoned for their works, tried to lessen censorship, and helped to establish an international forum for national literature. But at its most portentous, the group can suggest a second-rate graduate school, where the lecturers outnumber the students. Even some of the much honored guests seemed resigned to unending seminars filled with such marrow-chilling words...
...closer to the Crimson—punished the Midshipmen with a furious sprint in the last strokes to the finish line. Navy’s desperate attempt to bring up the rating in the final 500 and shrink the open-water gap between the two boats did nothing to lessen the impact of those 2,000 meters...
...mixed-up chronology demand a slow, close reading. There is no attempt at redeeming social importance, and one wonders why Brooks Baekeland and other central characters allowed such an invasion of privacy. Still, the story is evoked with arresting detail. The structural weaknesses of Savage Grace do not lessen the power of horror. --By William A. Henry...