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...Long Island, New York, in 1948, Kominsky Crumb grew up in the type of family she characterizes as "post-war jerk." Kominsky Crumb's rejection of America's "jerk" culture becomes the recurring leitmotif of the book. For her, anything jerk involves "sleaziness, out of control materialism, upward striving, tension, financial problems, selfishness and misery." The early chapters gleefully kick over the rock of the American family. One story, "Wiseguys," for example, details her "loser" father's various bottom-feeding money schemes, including a burglar alarm company whose name, "B.A.R.G." he explained was "grab spelled backwards! And our motto...
...friend, who looks doubtfully back at him. “I guess I’ll have to start all over again,” he mutters, leafing anxiously through the dense volume.It’s around 4 p.m. on the day before study cards are due, and tension is at fever pitch in this corner of the Barker Center. For these students hoping to snag a coveted spot in one of the English and American Literature and Language Department’s 11 creative writing workshops, it’s judgement day. Although there?...
...moment of tension arose during the question-and-answer session when a man who introduced himself as a reporter from the Boston Globe asked when gays would be accepted in the military...
...open and blunt, is always so edgy. Her anger, passion, the distance with her father, the loss of her mother, she is dealing with all these problems and she is always looking for someone to be hugged by, not necessarily sexually, but also for some warmth, her simmering tension, that's the kind of thing I created during the year. Alejandro told me that he would give me the role only a week before shooting began, which if I think about it now, is quite amazing (laughs). Although I was under pressure of possibly not getting the role...
...turnovers.The Crimson had 38 points in the paint to Yale’s 16, shooting 55.4 percent from the field.Even though there were not many lead changes in the game, the physical nature of the game—each team saw a player foul out—showed the tension of the rivalry.Tay scored 17 points in the game, while Finelli added 14. Sophomore forward Emma Moretzsohn had a game-high four blocks for the Crimson.HARVARD 67, BROWN 41The Crimson shook off a slew of turnovers early in the game to coast to a 67-41 rout of Brown...