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Standing at the corner at 2 a.m., a glance down the long roadway is an exercise in stoic symmetry. Ten impressive clubhouses, guarding Prospect Avenue on either side like guards on the bridge over the castle's moat. There's something else, though, something looming thunderously in the background. Getting closer and closer, the thunder inside these castle-guards becomes more apparent. Thumping hip-hop beats; free-flowing beer from the tap; inebriated and unabashed social banter and excitement. It's college nightlife at its best. It's "The Street" in full swing. It's Princeton on a Saturday night...
Standing at the corner at 2 a.m., a glance down the long roadway is an exercise in stoic symmetry. Ten impressive clubhouses, guarding Prospect Avenue on either side like guards on the bridge over the castle's moat. There's something else, though, something looming thunderously in the background. Getting closer and closer, the thunder inside these castle-guards becomes more apparent. Thumping hip-hop beats; free-flowing beer from the tap; inebriated and unabashed social banter and excitement. It's college nightlife at its best. It's "The Street" in full swing. It's Princeton on a Saturday night...
...Stoic philosophy, which dominated moral thought in the Roman Empire, stressed that one should not become emotionally attached to the things of the world, whether they be wealth, honor or, or even one's own children...
Unlike his bouncy The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Hijuelos' latest novel is a slow dance, an elegy to a cleaning woman, that continues the author's celebration of his Cuban roots. His Lydia moves with stoic grace through decades of caring for a sickly husband, guiding her children to successful adulthoods and straightening up other people's digs. That she had been a head-turning beauty and proud daughter of a mayor in pre-Castro Cuba would not occur to someone sitting opposite her on the subway. Yet as a character endowed with romantic yearnings, she is hard...
...Hanks, Saving Private Ryan: TomHanks is America's good man, our decent soldier.The parts that he takes tend to be sointrinsically sympathetic that, combined with hisclassic stoic-yet-vulnerable schtick, it's almostoverkill. Almost, but not quite; no one can denyHanks' talent as an actor. However, Ryan's CaptainMiller is not his best role. And since Hanks hasalready strutted his stuff twice before for a BestActor award, the Academy may be less willing toreward him yet again-which is part of what makesthe Best Actor race so exciting and tough to callthis year...