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...Washington's outreach to Tehran, refusing to impose an "artificial deadline" but affirming that his patience was not unlimited, and that by year's end he would have a good idea whether Iran was making a "good-faith effort to resolve differences." The President seeks to avoid being strung along by Tehran in open-ended talks, but is also mindful of the futility of simply reiterating ultimatums that have until now left the Iranians unmoved...
...Newton-Small (10:27 p.m.) Wanda just called rush limbaugh the 20th hijacker who "maybe was too strung out on oxycotin he missed his flight. Too much...
...placing these pieces in different contexts. The juxtaposition of such different characters and the parallels made between their situations is effective in creating a microcosm of the college experience.The set is comprised of three partitions; stage right contains a marble stone bench and a streetlight, the center is strung up with holiday lights framing a long table strewn with red Solo cups and near-empty rum bottles, and stage left depicts a dorm room with a bunk bed and a cluttered wooden desk.While condensing the college scene into these basic settings, the partitioning also represents the integration of the characters?...
...ensure itself a chance to play for the Ivy League title, and was able to jump out to an early lead against Zailskas.Santomauro got the scoring started in the top of the first, knocking an RBI double down the right field line, and the Big Green strung together a few more hits in the inning to take a 3-0 lead.Santomauro got his second RBI of the day in the second, crushing a line drive to left, and Dartmouth was up 5-0 after just two innings.The Crimson pulled a few runs back in the third...
...rapid-fire dialogue. These sections punch up the emotional power of the prose.They also contrast with the distancing effect of the rest of the book, a trade-off to access both main characters’ interiors. The climax is written in fragmented phrases from the rest of the series, strung together to suggest the onslaught of associative memory inside the characters minds. McCafferty is at her best in first-person, but this change in point of view deals appropriately with the questions of narrative and memory that “Perfect Fifths,” uniquely, seems to engage. McCafferty...