Word: poste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...position he has been working toward for 17 years but also a position which his faith has prevented him from achieving. Christian sentiment, however, scorns the newly converted as Jewish at the core in spite of any baptism ceremony they may have undergone. Karl, while achieving his desired post, begins to receive criticism from members of the community...
...Holocaust, it seems that we commonly ask ourselves how the Holocaust could have ever happened. Appelfeld reminds us why it was possible. And as dark as the issues he raises may be, they never fail to come across with a devastating subtlety not necessarily found in many post-Holocaust reflections...
...baby-face and five-foot-one stature yet blessed with keen insight and a genuine zest for life, a man who "loved life's details, relished even its absurdities, delighted in the oddity of human and animal culture, but simultaneously dreaded living." O'Donnell skillfully captures the post-modern existential plight: how to find yourself amidst confusion and chaos, how to live life in a way that is worth living. He writes with an original, sharp wit, turning no end of cleverly constructed phrases. He puts his finger precisely on the pulse of the genre of quirky observation that made...
David S. Broder, a political columnist for The Washington Post, gave an opening address entitled "The State of American Politics...
...took a shot from the left wing that Northeastern goaltender Erika Silva deflected, but Crimson sophomore forward Kiirsten Suurkask got the rebound in front of the net. Silva stopped Suurkask's shot but had to move out of position, and Walsh tapped in the puck from the post...