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...Continuing with the medical theme, Eynon had her wisdom teeth extracted one week before the singles championships...
...that prides itself on being about nothing. We readers have always been in search of 15 minutes of fame, 15 minutes of mindless ecstatic delight in the marginalia of our college, continually examined and undressed. Addictively, slavishly, we read FM with our eyes glazed with dim recollection, with our teeth gnashing over memories of the low-fat plum pudding bars and fish pizzaiola which Harvard Dining Services purveys. We are easily stupefied by the most clever publication around. Like the couple in Don Delillo's White Noise, who make love only in the "style" of a certain century, Fifteen Minutes...
Politicians ranging from the occupant of the Oval Office to the local dog-catcher agree on one issue: it's high time to put some additional teeth into the laws of the land to prevent evil assassins from committing their heinous acts. Nonsense! I am confident that sufficient laws are in place to incarcerate these criminals, when convicted through due process, for the remainder of their lives...
...Potashov and the other prisoners worked 10 hours a day, six days a week. Although only 37, Potashov aged rapidly in the Gulag. "I was in Perm five years and seven months. The doctor told me I had bones like a 65-year-old man. I lost all my teeth from bad or radioactive water in the camp. I was beaten with iron rods by KGB agents; my bones were broken...
...guess my attitude is respectful irreverence. I'm very drawn to form; I believe that form is like the bottle that makes the genie stronger. At the same time, I like to kick it in the teeth periodically. That may be a factor of who I am, of the way I conduct myself in the world...