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...adult equivalent of the launch of a Harry Potter book." That's a lot of pressure, and unfortunately de Bernières doesn't live up to it. The book's setting is promising enough. De Bernières' first four novels were all set in picturesque but war-torn corners of the world - Latin America or, for Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the Greek island of Cephallonia. And so Birds tells of the pretty, fictional Turkish coastal town of Telmessos during and after World War I. Greeks and Turks live harmoniously there until 1923, when aggressive expansionism and horrific fighting...
...There are some people, I don’t think they’d be happy unless Harvard Yard was torn down for community benefit,” he says...
With Fitzpatrick hobbled by a torn left meniscus—he attempted only 22 passes on the day—the success of the offense again rested on Dawson’s shoulders. And, to nobody’s surprise, Dawson didn’t stumble...
Hobbled by a torn meniscus and sprained ankle sustained in the previous week’s game against Penn, Fitzpatrick limped onto the field at the beginning of the game like a bad joke about a one-legged quarterback. He had missed several games with a broken finger, and his shoulder had given him trouble as well...
Even a tough guy like "Thor," an ex-Army Ranger from Dallas, is haunted by his experience. He suffered two broken shoulders, a torn rotator cuff and loss of vision in one eye while getting shot at, bombed and almost stabbed by an Iraqi who tried to drag him out of his cab. "I beat the guy to death with a hammer," he says, asking to remain anonymous. "Sometimes they threw themselves in front of the truck. I can't count how many people I've run over--20, 30 maybe. It got so bad the truck would bounce...