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Mitchell's last novel, Cloud Atlas, skipped from the 19th century to the far future. This time he contents himself with one year--1982--in the life of one boy--dreamy, stammering Jason Taylor--in one English town. But everything's still there: this funny, close-focus coming-of-age story is also a huge, swirling novel of power, death and love...
...What rust?Coming off a 17-day hiatus, the Harvard men’s hockey team netted three consecutive goals and held off a Dartmouth charge to upend the No. 19 Big Green, 3-2, Saturday night at the Bright Hockey Center.Long touted as a goalscorer, junior winger Mike Taylor had a career night, skating with the top power-play unit and registering his first multi-goal game for the Crimson (4-9-0, 3-7-0 ECAC) with man-advantage scores in the first and second periods.“I’ve always been taught...
DIED. Kenneth Taylor, 86, who, with squadron mate George Welch, became the first U.S. Army Air Force pilots to get airborne immediately after the Japanese launched their attack on Pearl Harbor; in Tucson, Ariz. Taylor, then 21, was on his first assignment at Hawaii's Wheeler Field, and had spent the previous night in black tie at an officers' club fete. Hearing machine-gun fire, he grabbed Welch--and his tuxedo pants--and drove to their planes. Under fire, he and Welch shot down six enemy planes. "I wasn't in the least bit terrified," he later said...
...DIED. Kenneth Taylor, 86, who, with squadron mate George Welch, became the first U.S. Army Air Force pilots to get airborne-and, under fire, shoot down at least six enemy planes-immediately following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; in Tucson, Arizona. Taylor, then 21, was on his first assignment at Hawaii's Wheeler Field on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. Hearing machine-gun fire, he grabbed Welch and drove to their planes. "I wasn't in the least bit terrified," he later said. "I was too young and too stupid to realize that...
...with quite similar resumes. Both teams have two losses on the season—the Wildcats falling to Boston College and top-ranked Mercyhurst and the Crimson to No. 7 St. Lawrence and UConn—and strong talent at the forward position. Sophomore forwards Sam Faber and Angela Taylor recorded three points each in the Wildcats’ last win, a 5-0 rout of Vermont, and Faber currently ranks 13th in the nation for points per game. “I think they have some great forwards that are fairly shifty and have the ability...