Word: whole
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...believe the students will focus on Jackson's career as a whole and not on his most recent endeavor," he said...
Throughout the book, changes in the city environment where the characters live seem to mirror their aging process. In "Old Love Affairs," Lucretia Baine, who is "almost old but lively," remembers her youth in San Francisco, when "the whole city seemed full of the relatively young and unmarried" and the youthful energy of the city had not yet been corrupted. Now, although she still excitedly wonders what to wear when an old acquaintance asks her to dinner, that freshness is gone, and she feels the city has grown older with...
...visions crumble. In his ensuing despondent mood, he finally faces long-ignored memories of his unsavory past in real-estate. Unhappy and old as he is, these memories spoil his love for the city. His sprawling house no longer seems innocently beautiful, and he muses "you know, the whole city seems so corrupt these days." Even as he decides to escape to Mexico, he realizes the flight is desperate. He won't find happiness there...
...Throughout the book, changes in the city environment where the characters live seem to mirror their aging process. In "Old Love Affairs," Lucretia Baine, who is "almost old but lively," remembers her youth in San Francisco, when "the whole city seemed full of the relatively young and unmarried" and the youthful energy of the city had not yet been corrupted. Now, although she still excitedly wonders what to wear when an old acquaintance asks her to dinner, that freshness is gone, and she feels the city has grown older with...
...visions crumble. In his ensuing despondent mood, he finally faces long-ignored memories of his unsavory past in real-estate. Unhappy and old as he is, these memories spoil his love for the city. His sprawling house no longer seems innocently beautiful, and he muses "you know, the whole city seems so corrupt these days." Even as he decides to escape to Mexico, he realizes the flight is desperate. He won't find happiness there...