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...literature, is exclusively "stylistic." NadineGordimer expressed in the conference's openingremarks what would be repeated a hundred times:Hemingway's was the art of omission andimplication rather than explication. Writers takefrom Hemingway the Biblical repetition, the artfulnonsequiter, the pacing, the avoidance of emotionthat brings on tears, the distanced voice. Theshort stories and A Farewell are enough,alone, to teach writers about this writing ofomission, writing that evokes sentiment withoutbeing sentimental, that somehow captures therhythms of both poetry and of common speech...

Author: By Joshua Perry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Who's Afraid of Mr. Hemingway? | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...People became complacent about signing theirleases" because Home Reality Trust did not seeminterested in acting on the clause, Bekken said.They were told "nothing would be happening in theshort term," he said...

Author: By Melissa K. Crocker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Stand Up For Central Square | 3/4/1998 | See Source »

...addition, Whitehead Professor of GovernmentDennis F. Thompson and Watts Professor of HealthCare Barbara J. McNeil--both of whom made theshort list for the job two years ago--could becandidates

Author: By Jonathan N. Axelrod, | Title: Finance VP Works Part-Time; Harvard Silent on Shake-Up | 4/15/1994 | See Source »

...Things have a way of averaging out," saysLight. "I have no personal forecast about theshort...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: For Meyer and Friends, A Good Year at Last | 9/17/1993 | See Source »

...Things have a way of averaging out," saysLight. "I have no personal forecast about theshort...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, | Title: For Meyer and Friends, a Good Year at Last | 9/15/1993 | See Source »

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