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This biography subscribes to the familiar narrative line that Bobby--the runt of the litter, Mother Rose's pet and much ignored by his powerful father, the unpromising younger brother of Hero-Martyr Joe Kennedy Jr. (blown up over the English Channel on a virtual suicide mission) and of Hero Jack Kennedy (PT 109)--had to claw his way to a sense of worth. "He was brave," Thomas writes, "because he was afraid. His monsters were too large and close at hand to simply flee. He had to turn and fight them...He became a one-man underground, honeycombed with...
...Sport, whose high-tech swimsuits have been banned in the Olympic trials 11. Lap dog, for short 15. Harry Potter and the __ of Fire 19. Words preceding "tear" or "roll" 21. 1748's Treaty of __-la-Chapelle 22. Serving of tea, to a Brit 24. Bit of theater litter 25. "Beg pardon" 26. Party that bolted Barak's coalition 27. Pro __ 28. She's meeting with Shihab to discuss Moluccas 30. Dead Sea Scrolls scribe 33. "Human" or "fact" follower 36. Use 20-Across 40. Fenway star Garciaparra 41. __ aves (unique individuals) 43. Prosodic foot 45. Pt. after deuce...
...smaller things made it even worse. Maybe the government would eventually get their act together, and maybe the religious struggles will be resolved. But when I watched little boys litter the sidewalks of Jerusalem with their gum wrappers or read another newspaper article about a traffic accident caused by reckless driving, I became very hopeless. What could be done to make changes at the individual level? And what could I really do to make a difference...
...nearly a century, scientists have wondered which of the brain lesions associated with Alzheimer's is more important--the plaques that litter the empty spaces between nerve cells or the stringy tangles that erupt from within. The problem arose the moment a German neuropathologist named Alois Alzheimer stared through a microscope at a slice of brain tissue and beheld these twin markers of the disease he was first to diagnose. The year was 1906. The patient's name was Auguste D. She was 55 when she died, and she had spent the last years of her life as a patient...
...last year, including one for a hanging cap rack that neatly holds the hats by the little buttons on top. Beck's firm also creates its own line of products, which includes a surprising amount of pet items, from a retractable leash with a flashlight to a covered Kitty Litter box. Says Beck: "It's just simple things, like trying to make life more pleasant even though it's just a cat taking a dump...