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...Saturday: "Saturday afternoons are the loneliest." one of the girls informed me shortly after we had moved in. So today I invited her and anyone else within hearing range to go to the Aquarium. The trip was enough of an up to give me the strength to face what I had been warned would be the worst experience-Saturday night at the Cliffe. Up till now I had made a practice to be out of the dorm as much as possible on Saturdays, especially at night. But curiosity...
Just as parents tried to protect children from their illness, so the older leukemic children tried to protect their parents. "The children who were perhaps the loneliest of all," say the investigators, "were those who were aware of their diagnosis but at the same time recognized that their parents did not wish them to know. No one was left to whom the child could openly express his feelings of sadness, fear or anxiety...
...Radcliffe Mystique story lets you know, again, that it's difficult being a woman in a man's world. The Boston photoessay lets you know, again, that Mount Vernon St. is paved with bricks and that Brahmins go to the Symphony. And the "Saturday-Night-Is-the-Loneliest-Night of-the-Week" mood piece lets you know, again, that young writers in their desire to be Relevant and Meaningful usually end up being pretentious. Oh, yeah, maybe you'll like it in 25 years...
...Angeles Lawyer Nicholas Clinch, 36, a veteran of two Himalayan ascents, the ten members of the U.S. expedition had nothing to go on except aerial photographs in planning their assault, had to do without fancy climbing rigs. And they had to prepare themselves mentally for one of the loneliest undertakings man has ever attempted. Explained Clinch before the climb: "Antarctica is not like the Himalayas, where you can always retreat to a native village if something goes wrong." From the moment that a Navy plane deposited them on a lifeless plateau 20 miles from the base of the Vinson Massif...
...perfect mouse-funny when he squeaks, staggering when he roars. Whenever she is onscreen, Actress Sommars matches him laugh for laugh, and Farentino with never a false step leads the spectator to the clear-eyed conclusion of this wise little comedy: people who use people are the loneliest people in the world...