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...other states have been willing to go. I talked to Representative Roger Hunt, the main sponsor of HB 1215, about why the bill was written as it was. Why, for instance, did they reject the standard exception to protect the health of the mother? Because, he says, that phrase is far too stretchy. ?If we were talking of pure, serious health concerns,? that would be one thing, Hunt said. But ?health? can mean economic health, mental health. ?It becomes an open barn door for anyone who wants an abortion. We might as well not have the legislation...
...roman à clef, Davenport-Hines shows the parallels between Proust and his fictional narrator, real figures and the fabricated ones. Born in Paris to a rich Jewish mother and a Catholic physician father, Proust was a nervous, asthmatic child who grew up to be, in Davenport-Hines' phrase, "the most famous valetudinarian in literary history." His mother was his life's obsession. His father, ironically, made his reputation studying emotional disorders. Proust did military service before throwing himself into the Paris salon scene. There he painstakingly extracted every minute detail of his surroundings. As he observed, "The writer, long before...
...brouhaha following Summers’ first bout with the Faculty that a group of Summers supporters printed T-shirts parodying the iconic Che Guevara slogan, “Viva La Revolución!” Che’s visage was replaced with that of Summers, above the phrase: “Viva El Presidente Summers...
...brouhaha following Summers’ first bout with the Faculty that a group of Summers supporters printed t-shirts parodying the iconic Che Guevara slogan, “Viva La Revolución!” Che’s visage was replaced with that of Summers, above the phrase: “Viva El Presidente Summers...
...Cornell by 15.PENN (15-6, 7-0) AT COLUMBIA (8-13, 1-7)The Lions have recently been very good at keeping home dates with the Quakers relatively close.Since “relatively close” could be defined as a margin of less than 20 points, such a phrase has a slightly different meaning this season. Unless Penn starts getting bored, a 20-point win should be a breeze.YALE (13-10, 5-3) AT DARTMOUTH (3-18, 1-7)Keep in mind that despite losing by 17 in New Haven three weeks ago, the Big Green played the Bulldogs...