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...Gore’s spokespeople have consistently denied media requests to answer this question, but a few brave acolytes have tried to defend him. Their answers fall back on two points: that Mr. Gore’s unique messenger status means it is his political actions, not his personal choices, that matter; and that his summit-filled lifestyle would make it hard to be a vegetarian...
...undeniable.And then there’s Princeton (2-3, 1-1). Last weekend against Brown, the Tigers showcased three quarterbacks over the course of their 31-10 drubbing by the league-leading Bears, and the No. 1 guy on the depth chart, senior Brian Anderson, remains questionable for tomorrow’s game.Princeton is last in the league in passes thrown, completed, and passing yards per game and if Anderson, for some reason, cannot recover from the injury to his non-throwing shoulder, the Harvard defense will likely have a field day.That doesn’t mean the Tigers don?...
...there anything new to say about war? With the recent glut of books and films tackling the subject, one certainly has reason for posing the question. But “Warhorses,” the latest collection from Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Vietnam veteran Yusef Komunyakaa, offers a nuanced take on the overwritten subject, addressing its great complexity with profound ambivalence and great dexterity...
...perspective of a particular character, or the different objects that constitute war. By boiling war down to its essence, Komunyakaa asks the reader, “Why do we go to war?”—and he does a pretty good job of answering his own question...
...poems, they are surprisingly readable and unpretentious. Yet there is still a clear wall between the poet and the reader. As Komunyakaa once said, “Poetry is a kind of distilled insinuation. It’s a way of expanding and talking around an idea or a question...