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...novel, “TheCommoner,” are the things that it isn’t.It isn’t over-long, over-complicated, oroverwrought; it isn’t slow or boring; itisn’t bad.The trouble is, it isn’t particularlygood, either. And if not for its compellingsource material—the story of EmpressMichiko, the first commoner to marryinto the Japanese royal family—thenovel would be much worse. Despite itsvivid subject, Schwartz’s bland executionproduces a book that is curiously unremarkable,even memorably forgettable.“The Commoner?...
...secret that most of us thought he wasa lousy chief, but I think most people havenothing but good wishes to give him as heretires," one veteran sergeant said this week. "Hehad a long career in policing, doing particularlygood work for Boston [police] during 27 yearsthere...
...like putting loyalty above the good ofthe council. I don't think that is particularlygood government," she says. "[They should] atleast put on the record their reasons for doingthis. Defend him, or defend the process...
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