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...Florida section describes Rabbit in his retirement. His son, daughter-in-law and their two children make a Christmas visit that forces Rabbit to question his own passivity towards life. He and his son Nelson never really got along, and the visit brings only tension and the realization that something is going wrong with his son and the family business. Although Rabbit tries his best to keep everyone occupied, his plans often go awry. In a sailing trip with his grand-daughter, Judy, Rabbit's boat accidently tips. While he is trying to save her, Rabbit has a heart attack...
Rabbit's retirement has put him out of touch with his family. He watches Judy "channel-surf," flip through the remote control without ever watching anything, as if she is on a different planet. He also cannot figure out what is wrong with his son Nelson, who is displaying the obvious symptoms of a drug addiction...
...since Gone With the Wind has a mass-media rendering of the war so thoroughly smitten the nation. "I've had more Civil War conversations in the last three days in elevators and waiting in line than I've had in the last 10 years," said Christopher Nelson, a Washington business consultant and self- described Civil War nut. "I always thought American history was so dull," raved Carolyn Randolph, a retired schoolteacher in Livermore, Calif. "But I'm learning so much." Others regarded the show in more personal terms. One New York City woman unearthed an old photo...
Samuel K. Nelson...
...really hard to get in as a legacy, athlete, or for that matter, minority, without the recommendations, grades, and scores," said Mecca Nelson '92, president of the Black Students Association...