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...Bradley beaten because of his race? Probably. California Pollster Mervin Field found that "race was a major factor." The margin, in any case, was slight, 52,000 out of 7.4 million votes...
North House Masters J. Woodland and Hanna Hastings recall what they say was a very typical slight of the Quad and their House which occured just before Commencement last June...
...stupid. Even when his life revolves around his favorite horse, even when he lives one ride at a time. Tex's surface optimism and case betray an underside of uncertainly and doubt. Throughout the film. Dillion speaks with a slight and seemingly natural drawl, his lines increase the film's realism. When his horse fearfully jumps away from a log. Tex says, "You've got some imagination in you for a horse." The "for a horse" seems superfluous, since Tex takes his Rowdie about as seriously as he does anything or anyone else...
...People, Yes? No. Elkin is reaching for something bigger, a Fiddler on the Roof of Western civilization with self-deprecating navvies suffering every slight of outrageous fate, from wars to plagues and back again. Elkin's overview is encapsulated early on when the first George tarries too long before a glorious tapestry. The owner stays the blow of an impatient courtier, allows the stableboy an additional moment of art appreciation and then adds, "When you've done, go out quietly." That, implies the author, is the history of the commoner before his betters. But in Elian...
...believe it or not, if it had just been the rain. I could have dealt with the situation. Once around the dryer and I would have been okay. But there was one other slight discomfort on that lovely October day--it was late in the second quarter, and undefeated (4-0) Harvard trailed previously pitiful Dartmouth (1-3) by a 17-0 score...