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There should be a temptation to check the tape in mid-game to see how the team--and the predictor--is doing. After all, the trainer seems to be psychic. But there isn't that temptation, according to outgoing Co-Captain Julie Sasner...
Wilson is not a "black" playwright in the sense the term was applied in the confrontational 1960s and '70s. He movingly evokes the evolving psychic burden of slavery but without laying on guilt or political harangues. The son of a largely absent white father and a devoted, enterprising black mother whom he revered, Wilson keeps his white characters at the periphery, yet emphasizes the humanity that binds Americans together. Although his vision is steeped in sadness, it is equally rich in humor and wonder at the everyday joys of living, from the umpteenth retelling of a beloved family anecdote...
...something unique and haunting at its heart, from Sleep and His Brother, set at a clinic for children doomed to compulsive somnolence and early death, to The Poison Oracle, centering on linguistic research among apes at a desert sultanate's laboratory. Perfect Gallows (Pantheon; 234 pages; $16.95) traces the psychic development of a world-class actor who through much of the narrative has barely set foot on a stage, yet feels absolutely certain of his craft and ultimate triumph...
...program hosts who pay for airtime on radio station KZZI are an eclectic bunch: a self-proclaimed prophet and polygamist, a psychic and a weekly Iranian news and music show broadcast in Farsi. But many people were outraged by a program that premiered last month on the 10,000-watt radio station located some 15 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The Aryan Nations Hour, whose host was White Supremacist Dwight McCarthy, is a Saturday-morning call- in show for bigots who believe a race war is inevitable...
Slowly, tentatively, life returned to the streets of Haiti. Frightened citizens climbed out from beneath their beds. Uneasy merchants reopened their shops for limited hours. From hiding, election officials fired off defiant messages. But the activity could not disguise the deep psychic toll taken by the election-day violence that left at least 50 people dead and dozens wounded last week. In Port-au-Prince, the capital, hundreds of Haitians packed their meager belongings and fled to the countryside. At the Basilica Notre Dame, the usual crowd of devout worshipers was missing. Instead, a few beggars haunted the steps...