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Black Swan Green proceeds (more in the manner of a scrapbook than a thriller) through the seasons of the year, and then, exactly at the midpoint of the novel, Jason stumbles upon an exotic old lady--a Belgian Miss Havisham--who throws open the doors on an alien world of poetry and music and Continental panache (everything forbidden to an English boy). Madame Crommelynck also starts to comment on what we have been reading, asserting that "Beautiful words ruin your poetry" and "A poet throws all but truth in the cellar." Suddenly, as in the works of Thomas Pynchon...
...Duke of Cornwall, 4, is eager and always curious. Wide-eyed Princess Anne, 2, always tumbles flat when she curtseys. By 10 a.m. Elizabeth's working day has begun at a Chippendale desk: letters to be read and written, documents to be signed, social schedules to be agreed upon. "She gets to the point with frightening speed and accuracy," says one of her aides...
...days holed up in a friend’s basement bunker. Armed with various forecasting publications, reams of statistics and an unhealthy knowledge of the positional depth charts of all 16 National League franchises, we set about carefully assigning dollar values to every player in the N.L. based upon our projections of their 2006 performance. The goal was to develop an approximate plan of action—something along the lines of “spend twice as much money on hitting than pitching,” or “try to buy at least two closers?...
...cost of $2 million. The facility was the first of its kind in the Boston area and serves as a winter practice field for 10 varsity sports. NO WAR OVER TURFThe renovation project was approved by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) in early December, contingent upon the athletic department’s ability to raise the funds. The fact that the project would require no money from FAS, Scalise says, helped get it off the ground.Scott A. Abell ’72, the dean for development for FAS, says the office was able to proceed with fundraising quickly...
WHRB is a non-profit commercial station, which means that its revenue is predicated upon the sale of advertisements. Although the university provides the station with the basement of Pennypacker, WHRB receives no financial support from the university...