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...come together around a single book the way they did in the 20th century, when Holden Caulfield went looking for the ducks in Central Park. Those birds have flown. It's hard not to miss that old sense of unanimity. Even if it was a fiction, it was a pleasant, comforting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's the Voice of this Generation? | 7/2/2006 | See Source »

...There was the kind of competition that was less pleasant, that was more murderous, but it didn’t get in the way,” he says...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For Poet Laureate, In Vino Veritas | 6/30/2006 | See Source »

...infinite variety and character of English gardens have been delighting visitors for centuries. And the green and pleasant land's love affair with horticulture still thrives?an array of sublime landscapes awaits those prepared to venture off the proverbial garden path. Classical gardens don't get much finer than those at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century, the grounds are so grand it's said they inspired Jane Austen's vision of Mr. Darcy's home in Pride and Prejudice; Chatsworth was used as the set of his house for last year's film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: English Roses | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

...infinite variety and character of English gardens have been delighting visitors for centuries. And the green and pleasant land's love affair with horticulture still thrives - an array of sublime landscapes awaits those prepared to venture off the proverbial[an error occurred while processing this directive] garden path. Classical gardens don't get much finer than those at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century, the grounds are so grand it's said they inspired Jane Austen's vision of Mr. Darcy's home in Pride and Prejudice; Chatsworth was used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: English Roses | 6/22/2006 | See Source »

...Those of us who wasted fruitful hours filling in the blanks in all these publications determined that Number Place was a pleasant enough diversion, if not nearly so demanding or compelling as Cross Sums (aka Sum Totals), a crossword with numbers, or that sublimely torturous form of the crossword known as the Cryptic, about which more later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs Sudoku? | 6/17/2006 | See Source »

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