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...personal one. He harbors a pugnacious indignation against history as data gathering, preferring the work of popular historians like McCullough, Ambrose, Barbara Tuchman and Doris Kearns Goodwin. He wants viewers to identify with their ancestors, allowing them to ponder the prevalence of moral ambiguity, human willpower and plain dumb luck in shaping the past. And he wants to be transported back in time, with a Sousa band banging the drum loudly...
...homebuyers either. It requires the homeowner hang onto the new home for eight years before being able to exercise the put option. If the owner sells the house on the open market or loses it in foreclosure before the eight-year waiting period expires, the person is out of luck - the put option becomes worthless. However, homeowners do have the option of opting out of the program in the first six years in exchange for handsome cash bonuses, ranging from 10% of the purchase price in year one to 3% in year six. Still, some analysts feel homeowners should...
...comfort: "I’m confident we will all land on our feet. And I’m certain that the experience will be an opportunity for us to find strength we didn’t know we had." We appreciate your optimism, and we wish you luck. All the same, for our own sakes, let's hope the H-bomb regains its power by the time it's our turn to don Crimson caps and gowns...
Magnarelli returned to action this season, much to the delight of his teammates and coach. The year has not been perfect—he was a victim of bad luck once again when he sprained his ankle in January, causing him to miss nine games. But the senior is now back, and happy to finish his career on the court rather than on the sidelines...
Lee’s mastery of storytelling lies in portraying the self-destructive natures of these characters without dramatizing their failures. Hector is a self-loathing, libidinous man graced with good looks and good luck; June, a disimpassioned, selfish woman whose adolescent urge to cause trouble transforms into a flinty resolve. They self-medicate with alcohol and analgesics, their compulsion not dissimilar to the reason for Sylvie’s own addiction. Like the ill-fated Erysicthon, they devour themselves, and yet for all their indulgence in masochistic punishment, they cannot wrench free from the consequences of their war-torn...