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Having taken to long, solitary swims in the unsuccessful attempt to forget Füsun, Kemal remembers that “Later, when I had swum back to shore and lay exhausted under the sun with my eyes closed, I would entertain the hopeful thought that all serious and honorable men who happened to fall passionately in love went through the same things as I did.” Like the anise-flavored raki that characters drink together to take refuge from their individual disappointments, “The Museum of Innocence” can be a bitter draught?...
...would not be fair to compare Mao Zedong to either President Bush or President Obama. Neither has swum the Yangtze River and neither was a rabid communist. Mao created the central government system that is currently being dismantled. Bush and Obama may be remembered by historians as the American leaders who centralized much of the financial and industrial portions of the U.S. economy...
...ferries were the first to arrive, and although they're not made for rescue, they did an incredible job. I know this river, having swum in it as a boy. The Hudson is an estuary - part salt and part freshwater - and moves with the tide. I could tell the tide was moving out because we were tacking slowly south toward Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty and the Battery...
...Secret of the Grain” is vague and leaves the viewer wondering what became of those he felt he came to know so well. Though frustrating, this is emblematic of Kechiche’s storytelling power; the characters resonate with the viewer long after he has swum away. The short glimpse that is caught of these characters’ lives is retained, like the gash of a hook that leaves questions still burning. —Staff writer Anita B. Hofschneider can be reached at hofschn@fas.harvard.edu...
...almost eight seconds in 2:01.63. She also won the 100-yard butterfly in 56.99 and the 200-yard individual medley in 2:05.71. “Kate Mills has been swimming some awesome times and has had record-breaking performances almost every time she’s [swum],” Pangilinan said. Hinkle finished the 100-yard freestyle in 51.87 and dominated the 50-yard freestyle event, in which she swam a time of 23.94, over a full second ahead of her closest competition. She also anchored the 400-freestyle relay, combining with Pangilinan, freshman Laura Murray...