Word: lesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...what he terms "the regency of pain." Like Dostoyevsky's, Kosinski's characters explore their own souls, always reaching for limits. Fabian even visits hospitals where he knows no patient, forcing himself to meet the in curable, to witness the most vulnerable lives. The results are never less than compelling, but they are never more than set pieces...
...language and his eye for social nuance are to be used solely for elaborations of the same theme. For the past several books, Kosinski has been as aimless as his characters who believe that the going is the goal. That is not true for polo. It is even less so for novelists, even gifted ones. -Stefan Kanfer
Overall, the offense, less-experienced and more of a preseason uncertainty than the defense, moved the ball well. Harvard kept the lead throughout the game, topping the Huskies in total offense by 129 yards...
...omens were grim, to say the least. Less than a month earlier, undefeated Yale thrashed previously undefeated Harvard on Lake Quinsigamond in the Eastern Sprints, with the Crimson barely holding on to second place...
...With less than a month before Young's resignation as ambassador takes effect, he discussed his role in government during his current African tour to promote U.S. trade with that continent...