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...contrasts were stark. A 29-year-old man who had lived in Cambridge all his life was running against a 63-year-old woman who had settled in Boston as an immigrant...
...more than a year. (Such imprecision is common. A University of Chicago study found recently that only 20% of physicians' predictions of survival were accurate.) So uncertainty colors Gans' life--will she be able to take a long-planned train trip this month through the Rockies? Many days bring "stark terror...I sometimes wish that I had a belief system," she sobs. "Then I feel like I'm two years old, and I have no control. I spend part of every day mourning my own death...
...first solo studio CD in five years, Harris wrote almost all the songs. She has a gift for anthems and elegies, with stark poetic images in the verses and hum-along refrains of tura-luras and alleluias. As encased in producer Matthew Burn's chugging, clanging percussion, Harris' voice gives testimony to a life of adversity and the ability to smile--or at least sing--through...
...that the line is without its own question marks. Junior guard Justin Stark is sidelined with an injury that has thrust two sophomores into the starting lineup. Dan Weidle will suit up next to Clare at left guard with Jamil Soriano manning the other end at right tackle...
...must wonder what politics might look like if young voters were offered more than appeals to vague tasks of renewal or to raw self-interest--especially in an election like this one, where there is such a stark contrast on issues like the environment, equal rights and social justice that attract the energy of new voters. Imagine if the candidates at the conventions had read the IOP survey, had listened to its recommendations and had said...