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Four years later, the same benign neglect greeted his next book, Strong Motion, about toxic subterfuges carried out by a Boston chemical firm. "Sixty reviews in a vacuum," as he later put it. Franzen began to wonder if literary fiction were going the way of the lyric poem, a deluxe specimen of cultural product enjoyed only by the happy few. When, he asked himself, was the last time an ambitious novel achieved the name recognition of Portnoy's Complaint, to say nothing of Catch...
...talks about how they all go to the same four cities in northern Italy on vacation. And I thought, Wait a minute. If you?re working for six or seven bucks an hour somewhere, you?re not going to northern Italy. I just encounter that daily, a terrible neglect of the people that I grew up with, a discounting of their existence and their experience...
These shortsighted decisions are symptomatic of the administration’s neglect of diplomatic solutions in favor of unilateral ones. Officials responsible for primarily military affairs —Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice—wield undue influence over foreign policy negotiations that should rightly be conducted by the Department of State. Rice and Rumsfeld are also, coincidentally, the two most active supporters of a missile defense in the administration, while Powell, who holds a much more moderate view on missile defense, has faded to the background. When negotiations began with Russia...
...students did all the work, and did it excellently. Here, if you get in the mindset that you’re going to read every last book on the list, you’ll end up driving yourself crazy. I don’t mean to suggest that you neglect your classes—just that you take the reading lists with a grain of salt...
Your coverage of assisted living was very comprehensive, with one exception: if there is any suspicion of abuse or neglect, families should contact the state department of social services and file a complaint. In North Carolina, there is a division for the elderly called adult services, and complaints can be anonymous if there is fear of retaliation against the loved one. The department protects the elderly, and legally, we are all obligated to report any form of abuse or neglect. GABRIELLE M. THOMPSON Marion...