Word: plot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...find out how the problem might be solved: ;last year, the students proposed to Dean Nathans and Dean Young a system they liked better, and after a meeting of proctors it was adopted, They also assume that Linda Boland is the evil mastermind behind this plot, when in reality the current system was originally created and approved by ALL of the 29G proctors. Boland herself explains, "If you're unhappy about something, why don't you go to the powers that be?.... Last year, the students didn't like the way we divided them into the houses, so they devised...
...these seeming plot discontinuities simply a literal-minded, white way of misreading an Indian story? Maybe, maybe not. At any rate, Erdrich's central theme comes through clearly: reservation life does little to preserve the strengths of Native American culture and is a cruel hothouse for its weaknesses. If the present novel needs a map and compass, Erdrich losing her way is preferable to most other writers steering a straight course. Here is her description of Shawnee Ray's busybody mother Zelda: "She should have had more children or at least a small nation to control. Instead, forced narrow...
Indeed, it showed flashes of that brilliance throughout last night's game at Baker Rink against Princeton. After all was said and done in the game--which had all the plot twists of a Melrose Place episode--it took Harvard 64-and-a-half minutes to put the Tigers away, 4-3, on senior Brain Farrell's overtime goal...
...have lately seen, a mere bruise will outshine several deaths, if it springs from a strange enough plot, Wounded Knee II continues to dominate the headlines, even after an intervening killer coldsnap, paralyzing blizzard, and deadly earthquake have ceased to be interesting...
...screamed a recent Newsweek cover featuring a tearful head-shot of the slightly-maimed skater. "Why this story?" might be a better question. The incident has been proclaimed a "tragedy" over and over again; yet no one is dead or even seriously wounded. The animus of the plot--namely, hindering one's competition by underhanded means--is by no means extraordinary. In North America's other on-ice sport, certain players are retained specifically for this purpose, and these "enforcers" perform to the delight of the same crowds that are now so sanctimoniously clucking their tongues over the Harding-Kerrigan...