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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Ergo” is the story of three men—the widower Wacholder, his stepson Aslan, and the tenant Leo—living at “Custom House No. 8,” a dilapidated lodgment by an unnamed river. Much of the plot is chaotic or simply unclear. The novel takes for granted its unconventional structure; it frequently jumps from character to character, with each delivering bizarre and fanciful episodes. The narrative treats characters without any semblance of sympathy or logic. During the first half of the book, Aslan barely carries a significant role. All the reader...

Author: By Shijung Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Austrian Lind’s ‘Ergo’ a Labor of Post-War Melancholy | 10/23/2009 | See Source »

However, just as they have with FAS, budget cuts have hit the entire athletics department, not just the sweater order form. What else is going on across the river...

Author: By Justin W. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Budget Cuts Not A Major Obstacle | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...finding those logs is going to be difficult now that some of the wood is already on its way to becoming tables and chairs destined for foreign markets. It was a free-for-all, says Do Van Dong, who lives not far from the Vu Gia river in Quang Nam. Thousands of residents converged on the logjam at the Quang Hue bridge, he says. Despite the churning currents, people waded in to salvage the wood. Groups of men carried trees into town and sold them that same day. "Some even brought power saws to the site and cut the logs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Typhoon, Illegal Logging Back in Spotlight in Vietnam | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...alma mater...President Obama will be visiting that trade school down the river MIT on Friday to speak about clean energy...

Author: By Aditi Balakrishna | Title: Mr. Obama Comes To Cambridge | 10/20/2009 | See Source »

...first snow fell on the Charles River Sunday afternoon, the Radcliffe women’s lightweight and heavyweight crews competed in the 45th Annual Head of the Charles Regatta. The Black and White lightweight varsity eight earned a top-five finish with a time of 18:26.343, while its second varsity eight counterpart finished in 19:01.044, good for 11th place in the 14-boat race...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Crews Find Varying Degrees of Success on Charles | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

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