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...spring has been the season of the past, however. It is the anniversary of almost everything. Americans have been pitched back into unstable regions of memory, back into Viet Nam and wartime Europe. Sometimes the experience has been disconcerting. The past only looks dead. Ronald Reagan, quintessential American and oldest President, did not seem entirely to grasp that. He displayed a curious insensitivity about the past, as if he did not know how important it is, or how dangerous it can be. As if he did not know that the past has monsters in it. His eyes accustomed to sunshine...
...Getting it in right proved to be just the first of many difficulties faced by doctor and patient at Humana Hospital Audubon in Louisville. The cheerful father of four from Leroy, Ill., never really recovered from the initial surgery. Last week, just ten days after becoming the fifth and oldest human recipient of the Jarvik-7 heart, Burcham died, at 62. As DeVries later admitted, it was not clear whether the artificial heart had extended his patient's life or shortened...
FORBIDDEN FRUIT temptation, and disaster. If not the oldest theme in literature, this series of action and reaction has certainly racked up one of the largest mileages. From the Book of Genesis and the Odyssey, to Romeo and Juliet and The Scarlet Letter, authors have been rascinated by the troubles people bring upon themselves when they reach for unknown wonders. But relating this theme to more substantial matter particularly history has never been easy, and indeed one must look hard for good examples...
Full of bizarre images and powerful, if tortured emotions, Fernanda Eberstadt's Low Tide is well worth the read. It is the tale of Jezebel, a 19-year-old Manhattanite, and the two sons of her father's oldest friend. The latter pair are located in England where they squander their fabulous wealth in unimaginable ways...
...Center, located in the remodeled Bullfinch Courthouse in the heart of one of Cambridge's oldest ethnic neighborhoods, is designed to showcase the city's rich ethnic diversity, according to CMAC spokesperson Victoria Dederian...