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...settled down at a crude desk he had also fashioned and began writing. He had a first line for a new play in mind, and some thoughts about its tragic theme--a man selling his soul and eventually his life to the false values of materialist America. By the wee hours he had completed the first draft of the first act of the play that was eventually known as Death of a Salesman...
...years, evangelical Protestant denominations, like the Southern Baptists, have been growing, while “mainline” Protestant churches, like the Episcopalians and the Methodists, have been slowly losing members. This should be a shock to those of us who think organized religion can be just a wee bit constraining. Groups that ask you to give up an hour a week can’t keep people in the pews, while those who ask you to rearrange your whole life can’t build new churches fast enough...
...responsible for the lives of other soldiers under me," he said during his court-martial trial last month. So Jenkins looked for a way out. He could confess his cowardice to superiors and accept the consequences or attempt somehow to flee. He chose the latter option. In the wee hours of Jan. 5, 1965, having downed 10 cans of beer a few hours earlier, Jenkins, then 24, made his move. At first he stuck to his routine, taking command of a dawn patrol near the DMZ. But at about 2:30 a.m., he told his men he was going...
...responsible for the lives of other soldiers under me," he said during his court-martial trial last month. So Jenkins looked for a way out. He could confess his cowardice to superiors and accept the consequences or attempt somehow to flee. He chose the latter option. In the wee hours of Jan. 5, 1965, having downed 10 cans of beer a few hours earlier, Jenkins, then 24, made his move. At first he stuck to his routine, taking command of a dawn patrol near the DMZ. But at about 2:30 a.m., he told his men he was going...
Undergraduates’ late-night antics might keep local residents awake into the wee hours, but boisterous Harvard students boost greater Boston’s bottom line...