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Rollerblading at breakneck speed down Newbury Street, Thomas as brought to a painfully abrupt halt when the door of a parked automobile swung suddenly open, placing a steel wall directly in his path. The 19-year old managed to escape massive injury by dragging one skate sideways behind him to slow down and breaking the inevitable crash with thrust-forward arms...
...concentrating primarily on cultural subjects and book reviews, and in 1974 was among the first women to be named a senior editor. Over the next 15 years, she applied her formidable insights and delicate editing touches to the cultural sections of the magazine, all the while quietly carving a path for other women to follow. Three years ago, Duffy decided that she wanted to return to her first love, writing. Since then, she has given us stories on a variety of subjects, ranging from Olympics coverage of the women's figure skating finals to the marital woes of the British...
...hideaway has been colorfully retold many times, most notably in Truman's own folksy memoirs and Robert Donovan's delightfully readable two-volume history of the Truman years. What McCullough provides -- as he did for Teddy Roosevelt in Mornings on Horseback and for the Panama Canal in The Path Between the Seas -- is a sense of historic sweep. The onset of the cold war, the Marshall Plan, the seizure of the steel mills, the Korean War and the sacking of General Douglas MacArthur all read like chapters from an epic novel, and best of all is the wild whistle-stop...
...thewater at its four public beaches truly sparkles.the More upscale Ogunquit beach is the place to beif you enjoy long, clean stretches of white sandand the company of thousands of vacationingstrangers. You'll even get practice conjugatingFrench verbs--Ogunquit is a favorite among theQuebecois. Beyond the beach, a path lets you enjoya seashore walk along the rocky coast...
...Walden, a leisurely walk around Americanliteratures most celebrated getaway is a must.This transcendentally tranquil pond is closed inby trees--lots of them--leaving little room forfrisbee or laying out. Yet the narrow path thatlazily winds around Walden is sufficient forreflective strolls and discussions about civildisobedience...