Word: unexpectedness
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In the wake of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, much praise has been rightfully given to the dedicated public servants of New York City. Their resolve and courage has been typified by their leader, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. There is obviously no protocol for how to act...
It was devastating, unexpected, says Groton alum Jonathan B. Durham 04, adding that Hawkins spoke of homosexual rape in the diatribe. He was shunnedpeople were really put off.
So what is the meaning of this wickedness? It says, We are very, very angry at you, Americans, for your smug arrogance in the face of our desperate suffering. That is all. American military and financial might is certainly not even dented. The worldwide network of overwhelming U.S. power continues...
But what takes longer to realize about the regulated optimism in Japan is that it may not be Panglossian so much as simply pragmatic: the Japanese I know see happiness not as something to be pursued, but as something to be found wherever they happen to find themselves. The first...
She had a slight Jamaican accent and stood very tall. She had just begun her first day as a temporary employee in my building and said she knew only two or three people downtown. I remember my first weeks downtown. Because it is the oldest part of the city, the...