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Paul loved life with unmatched fierceness, and that’s why life without him will be so painful. His personality had blossomed in the past few years; he had become more extroverted, more assertive, more comfortable in his unique skin. Much of this was owed to his beautiful relationships with his parents and Lindsey and with Laura E. Spence ’04, and to the friendship of the boys. But most of it was just his own spirit coming into prominence—for those of us who watched him, it made us so proud...
...child is scared to come in the house." Williams, a shift supervisor at a fast-food restaurant who had bought the $21,000 home in early November from the Veterans Administration with $500 down, said he was stunned that anyone could be so vilified for the color of his skin. "In this day and age," said he, "you shouldn't have any of this." When civil rights leaders urged him not to succumb, a bitter Williams sadly exclaimed, "They don't have to live here! They're encouraging us, but they're sleeping while we're watching our backs...
...road, Berry actually carried his own bathroom scale to be sure of a consistent reading. If he played best at 182 lbs., he did not intend to be 181 or 183. Unitas still marvels at the diving catches Berry insisted on rehearsing without much concern for the skin on his elbows and knees. When no passer was handy, Berry's habit was to run phantom patterns over and over, pausing now and then to consult the file of index cards he kept with him on the sidelines in a cigar...
...characters are conventional middle-class Britons. Their behavior, however, is high gothic. The ironic Loopy, for example, becomes increasingly credible as events move toward the horrific. A middle-aged man, cast as the wolf in a Red Riding Hood playlet, discovers that he likes to wear a furry skin and romp in predatory games. His mother, who displayed such sport to him during his childhood, indulgently calls this business "going all loopy." The narrative works simultaneously as a send-up of werewolf legends and as a disquieting portrait of a suffocating mama and a son with arrested emotional development...
...relied on one of the new technologies that try for the personal touch in politics. The state of the art is the laser printer, which mimics handwriting. Some 100 House members already use laser printers, and the Senate may soon install them as standard office equipment. WILDLIFE Stopping a Skin Trade...