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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...uses this thesis to explain why women gossip (they have to gather other people's business), why women flip channels (they have to gather the various shows on T.V.) and why women buy five shirts which look the same (they have to gather what they like). Men are often befuddled by these tendencies, just as women are frustrated by men's complete lack of understanding and cooperation. Perhaps what women call selfishness is just the hunter coming...
Nicholson constructs the book as a series of vignettes that ricochet between various times and modes of exposition--several scenes are unveiled as journal entries--but that all converge on London. Not surprisingly, the city becomes the novel's catchall metaphor, and therein lies the book's essential problem: to complete the metaphor, the characters get stitched rather awkwardly into the narrative, as if merely to cover holes in its fabric, and the clumsiness of their insertion detracts from the clever manipulations of Nicholson's plot...
...companies and non-profits at this year's forum will be participating in on-campus recruiting. The Career Forum and Study Abroad Fair also hosts our International Experience Program. Learn more about Study Abroad and Work Abroad. Representatives from the Office of Career Services, along with representatives from 30 various Study Abroad programs, will also be at the Gordon Track and Tennis Center. See the floor plan elsewhere in this newsletter...
Dornan spoke of the political support he won from former president Ronald Reagan, who urged him to bring his conservatism to various reaches of California...
Enthusiam ran high as the meeting closed, with attendees volunteering to assume various follow-up responsibilities such as networking and compiling a mailing list...