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...reader cannot know if the infamous criminal “The Misfit” will reform his life after murdering the family’s grandmother. In the story “Good Country People,” Hulga Hopewell is left trapped on the top floor of a barn when her artificial leg is stolen by a Bible salesman. It is unclear whether any character will be saved or change in any way. It is what is left unsaid and unresolved that lends these stories their impact...

Author: By Theodore J. Gioia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Making the Case for the American Story | 4/13/2010 | See Source »

Dennis Hopper is not world famous because of his stability and family values. He made Easy Rider; it would be a letdown if he were Mr. Domesticated. But even by Hollywood standards, the unraveling of his fifth marriage is a barn burner. The actor, 73, filed for divorce from the former Victoria Duffy, 42, his wife of 13 years, in December in the midst of his life-or-death battle against metastasized cancer. She countersued in January. Among the milder of her claims was that he was not in his right mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing Death and Divorce at the Same Time | 2/4/2010 | See Source »

...farm in coastal Maine, a barn is going up. Right now it's little more than a concrete slab and some wooden beams, but when it's finished, the barn will provide winter shelter for up to six cows and a few head of sheep. None of this would be remarkable if it weren't for the fact that the people building the barn are two of the most highly regarded organic-vegetable farmers in the country: Eliot Coleman wrote the bible of organic farming, The New Organic Grower, and Barbara Damrosch is the Washington Post's gardening columnist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Cows (Grass-Fed Only) Could Save the Planet | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

...share his love for the environment, Zofnass said he began developing the land adjacent to his barn outside New York City into a land trust preserve in 1985. In 2001, he opened the Westchester Wilderness Walk, a 150-acre sanctuary that includes a 10-mile trail...

Author: By Xi Yu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Museum Receives $500K Donation | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

While she may not be a master barn-builder, Hanger more than makes up for it in the incredible range of talents she has developed over the years. From beauty pageants to entrepreneurship, the History and Science concentrator has a lot more on her mind this year than her senior thesis...

Author: By Anita B. Hofschneider, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Most Interesting Seniors 2010: Windsor G. Hanger | 12/11/2009 | See Source »

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