Word: loses
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...writes powerful interludes, only to vandalize them by reducing his characters to prototypes. By midnovel, Fabian is shown to be, in his creator's phrase, "a portable man," at home everywhere and nowhere. Like other Kosinski men, he is unable to love without domination or lose without humiliation. His fears are for himself, not for the human condition; his vaunted independence is merely a lack of compassion. His wanderings are like those of the brain-damaged who range farther away from an object when they try to approach...
Rosovsky offers another explanation--many established scholars in such "conventional" disciplines want joint appointments so as not to lose touch with their special field. "In practical terms, the kind of people we wish to attract are established in a certain field and want to maintain a connection with that field," he notes. Because of this problem, the executive committee may offer candidates joint appointments. But some Afro-Am faculty say that desire for joint appointments indicates a disturbing lack of commitment to Afro-American Studies. Benjamin says, "A wholesale commitment to the department is necessary--many people seem to feel...
Again with an "if," Restic says, "We can't get down, because if we lose our spirity it's going to be a long, hard year...
Believe it or not, though, there are some positive aspects in the Harvard picture. "I think our linebackers as a group--if we don't lose anybody--should be the strength of the ball club," Restic said last week...
Again with an "if," Restic says, "We can't get down, because if we lose our spirity it's going to be a long, hard year...