Word: reals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...much more compelling reason for creativity in biography stems from the problem of entertaining the reader. If the reader wants to relive the life of John Glenn, why not let the reader relive an embellished life of Reagan, in a sense more complete and enticing than the real thing. Does it really matter what Balthus was really like? At least we can relive the life of some character named Balthus. After all, there's a reason that non-fiction works are protected from having to compete with fiction on the bestseller lists. People read fiction...
...operatic duel. (The Jabberwocky's vest came from Waddell's own closet.) The Dunster House production of The Magic Flute is promising as an outlet for Waddell's fantastic inclinations--she will be creating all of the costumes for the show from scratch and views it as her first real opportunity to showcase her work at Harvard...
...Happiness has always been the secret of the blues. "What made the real blues singers so great," said blues great Big Joe Williams, "is that they were able to state all the problems they had; but at the same time, they were standing outside of them and could look at them. And in that way, they had them beat. Many young singers today are trying to get inside the blues, forgetting that those older singers used the blues to get outside their troubles...
...Union has really turned things around so far this year. They have a lot of talented new players as freshmen that have provided the spark for their offense," Moore said. "After beating Colgate, who is first in the league, we know that Union is for real. We're not taking anything for granted, but we expect...
...short, standards are in the eye of the beholder. We have a real and continuing puzzle as to where to draw the line on what individual countries can choose to do, and what they should agree to set according to a single international standard. These issues need further debate, but we should take care not to let narrow interests manipulate or undermine open trade...