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...characters in the stories all experience in varying degrees "the sharp pain of being a foreigner." And, just as America was dangerous because it was so new, Europe is dangerous because it is so old, so filled with "extinct worlds." Few of these travelers set adrift in their absent father's land survive the perils of the decrepit continent. In "The Ghosts of August," a family travels to an Italian castle owned by a Caribbean writer. The writer has remodeled certain parts of the castle, and thus metaphorically left his mark on Europe, but there are deeper and more ancient...
...concept is most applicable when our vital national interests are involved, rather than a situation such as this, where President Bush decided to go into Somalia for humanitarian reasons only. When U.S. troops are involved absent a vital national interest, then some hard questions have to be asked, including, Will our forces be fully protected? But I wouldn't say that every time U.S. forces are involved anyplace, you have to have 500,000 troops...
...plays absent-mindedly with his wristwatch, the soft light from his porcelain desk lamp glittering off its metal face. The smile that dances perpetually around the edges of his mouth betrays slight bemusement at all the attention he is getting...
With autumn absent from our daily urban lives, we have to make a special effort to take notice of it. Jews have the advantage of the holiday of Sukkot, which starts tonight. By dining outside in a booth, under a roof of branches, the Sukkot holiday forces observant Jews back into contact with nature at a time of year when attention ought to be paid...
Locker's confidence is contagious, and he hasbrought an excitement to the program that has longbeen absent...