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...Boston for 15 years. "Tried it on my own a couple of times," he says. "I figured, hell, I can deliver in Nashville which is impossible, I'll soon have Boston in my head, but I'd get to one of them damn rotaries and on to another, rear back and find myself at the first again. And then there was always that same underpass that was too low for my truck. I didn't know how I got to it. But there it was every time. I didn't know how not to get to it either. Never could...
...massive rear section, about one-third of the 882-foot ship, had been photographed by a remote-controlled camera towed by a surface vessel during last year's expedition. But questions remained about how it had been wrenched off when the Titanic struck an iceberg...
...Saudi Arabia, and * "somewhere there is a messenger who has that information." But the moment Saunders' presence was officially acknowledged, the veto would become the pending business of the Senate, forcing some sort of action. So for 2 1/2 hours, Saunders first stood and then sat at the rear of the chamber while the Senators ignored him and droned through time-killing rituals. Meanwhile, opponents of the sale, fearing that they would lose if a vote on overriding the veto were taken immediately, threatened a filibuster that--horrors!--could have delayed the chamber's Memorial Day recess. Finally...
When this happens to me, I generally find myself initiating a rear-guard recovery with phrases like, "Gee, I never really looked at it that way" and excuse myself as quickly as possible by running off to a ficticious section meeting or non-existent social obligation. It used to be an unwritten rule that sex, religion, and politics were never to be discussed at the table, but nowadays these subjects make the bulk of conversation. If they were banned from Harvard dining halls, we'd all be sitting in silence...
...firsthand knowledge of adult life as a Baby Boomer. "My own experience isn't different from that of those I wrote about," says Thomas. "My wife, who's a lawyer, and I had our first child at 30. We are both struggling to manage full-time careers, rear our two daughters, who are toddlers, and see each other. It's rewarding, but it's hard to have...