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...pages like damp, juvenile kisses. Hollander's newest book of poetry, Figurehead, insulted my delicate romantic sensibilities at first with its apparent lack of poeticized emotion and what seemed overly intellectual, self-conscious and anal attention to grandiose metrical dexterity, complete with a hyper-inflated vocabulary that rivals Webster...
Wonder's entry in Webster's dictionary suggests its distinctive essence. It includes such words as awe, marvel, doubt, wistfulness, uncertainty, curiosity. The wonder of which I speak involves embrace of the tentative, or inspired exploration, or enchantment with the extraordinary...
...case against McDougal, along with the June 14 trial of Hillary's former law partner WEBSTER HUBBELL, are certain to stir all the old questions about Hillary's own ethics. Her name was mentioned no fewer than 36 times in the indictment against Hubbell last fall. But despite the new signal of how bumpy a ride she may face, Hillary headed off to North Africa no closer to a decision, an adviser says. "She's exactly where she was four weeks...
...case against McDougal, along with the June 14 trial of Hillary?s former law partner Webster Hubbell, are certain to stir all the old questions about Hillary?s own ethics. Her name was mentioned no fewer than 36 times in the indictment against Hubbell last fall. But despite the new signal of how bumpy a ride she may face, Hillary headed off to North Africa no closer to a decision, an adviser says. ?She?s exactly where she was four weeks...
...feelings of animosity did not, however, extend to the families of the two men. Parkman's widow, believe it or not, raised funds to help Webster's wife and children after the execution...