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McKenna felt a literary urge when a teen, but discovered that her attention span was not up to the extended demands of writing a novel. At the time, she was playing guitar and found she did have enough patience for songwriting, which soon became her literary form. For 12 years, McKenna wrote songs for herself. Now, though her songs remain personal, she says that “the best thing [she] can wish for” is that listeners can identify with her music and derive from it the consolation it has given McKenna...
...philistine; she is drawn to ideas, he to money. Naturally, she marries him. Soon she's making eyes at Philip Bosinney (Ioan Gruffudd), the brilliant, artistic architect whom Soames hires to build a country house. Their affair sends Soames into an obsessive rage and precipitates family conflicts that span generations. Irene is more than a love object; she is modernity. The Forsytes long for her to perk up their tired blood, but she proves to be too much, and too good, for them...
Last Saturday’s defeat in Philadelphia marked only their second loss in their last 48 regular season games, a span which included three undefeated regular seasons and four Patriot League titles. Their only other setback during that period was a 28-24 defeat at Colgate in 1999, a loss that ended what had been a 20-game winning streak...
...easy. Coming off a 5-1 victory over Vanderbilt last Sunday, Brown will look to continue its winning ways. In fact, since its 5-0 loss to defending national champion North Carolina, the Bears (2-1-1) have earned convincing successive victories, outscoring their opponents 8-2 during that span...
...think it limits the authenticity of organizations that could have a longer life span than their original founders,” Cabellon says. “But it’s a common challenge that happens at colleges across the country...