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...study of such a vitally formative period in American history. Corrupting bias comes as much from the defenders of right as from revisionists and apologists. In a very real sense much of the human tragedy of the Civil War and the great suffering of slavery have been in vain if memory is corrupted and distorted for political ends...
...years, students have been clamoring in vain for a student center, a center for student-group offices and recreational activity that could help unify an increasingly socially fragmented student body. However, Harvard seems unlikely to build such a center on campus in the near future, or to buy or renovate another building for this purpose. Yet if the University is already considering a substantial renovation of the Inn at Harvard, it would be foolish for the students not to seize this opportunity...
...Although Mailer often appears reckless and on the cutting edge of society, most of his exploits appear to be vain attempts to attract attention or to escape an inferiority complex. He seems consumed by a constant drive to prove his masculinity and assert his sexuality. In addition, Dearborn details Mailer's substance abuse, from alcohol to marijuana to prescription pills. In addition, and some would say as a result, Mailer had trouble establishing positive relationships with women. He hardly endeared himself to feminists with lines like "I like to marry women whom I can beat once in a while...
...gradual transition. The Restoration comedies were very different than the Restoration tragedies. You can already see in them the beginnings of the Comedy of Manners. The comedy vein of Restoration drama just seemed to last longer than the tragedy vain, which simply lost popularity and died off. If you've seen the stage rack once or twice or ten times, it loses its effectiveness whereas each witty language play is quite different and can keep your interest longer...
...created a married couple whose newborn baby gets taken away by Social Services. The parents had left their child out on the lawn and watched soaps all day while the kid wailed in vain. Another day I made a pair of bored, unemployed roommates--one a neat freak, the other a slob--and watched them get into fistfights as flies buzzed around heaps of garbage in their dingy living room...