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From generation to generation, families wander through clouds of shared images, miasmas of memory, occlusions of oral remembrances. What is recalled of clan history is imprecise, simply because the stories take on shapes imposed by each teller. Sometimes, however, a family will be lucky, and an aunt, an uncle or a cousin will be able to re-create the past with a precision that makes the narrative virtually incontestable, a true copy of what has gone before. That is the nature of Jung Chang's mesmerizing memoir. With a calm that suggests infallibility, she tells the story of her mother...
...anyone would choose the dank carousels of Lamont over the spirited sidelines of Harvard Stadium or Cumnock Field still amazes me. To wander from game to game, supporting the Crimson in all the days' endeavors, I must admit, is my favorite way of spending a Saturday in Cambridge...
Today's lineup is as great as they come. The Tigers wander into Crimson territory sporting competetive teams on all fronts. As a New Jersey native, I feel a special thrill in seeing Old Nassau fall at the hands of the Harvard athletes...
...well-prepared Boy Scout troop would wander into the wilderness without a compass. But Scouts may soon have a more sophisticated way to keep from getting lost, using a technology that the Army made famous during Operation Desert Storm. To find their bearings in the desert landscape, soldiers relied on hand-held electronic gadgets called Global Positioning System receivers. The devices, which pick up signals from a $10 billion network of U.S. satellites, can pinpoint a location instantly anywhere on the earth...
...issue comes down to one of judgment. Clinton had to know it would be politically dangerous to let his loins wander--so why be so stupid? Much of the answer is that he was young and plagued with marital problems. Anyway, the White House wasn't in Clinton's future at the time of the alleged affairs...