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...don’t have any scientific proof to back this claim up, but I believe the source of much of this weirdness is widespread insanity. A friend and I had a running joke junior year that everyone we knew was crazy, except for the two of us. Then one day, we were talking and he said, “Actually, it’s just you,” and proceeded to tell me he was having a nervous breakdown...
...cover Vietnam at war and Hanoi at peace. The opposite of a jaded war correspondent, Lamb captures the country he came to love mostly through its people: an eager young waiter who is making his way through Jane Austen (in English), a handicapped veteran who confesses to no anger except with himself; a young Vietnamese-Australian lawyer who works tirelessly to help resettle boat people; and 11 returning G.I.s who swap sneakers and old pictures with the men they once fought against...
...writing. Before him, we had the flowery exaltation of nature ("Far in the empty sky a solitary esophagus slept upon motionless wing," in Mark Twain's parody) and the skin-deep attempt to bring science to the masses (immune cells are little soldiers--no, they're locks and keys--except when they're garbage disposals). Gould's essays were something else: witty, respectful of his readers' intelligence, always finding a principle in a grain of sand and a law in a wildflower. That the essays were also a velvet glove for Gould's iron convictions drove many scientists crazy...
While they were here, all the Houses (except Eliot) passed rules allowing females to be “entertained” in the common rooms until 11 p.m.—provided the chandeliers stayed well-lit and standards of decency were maintained...
...Except for the gags, however, Democrats were serious about regaining control of Beacon Hill’s corner office after 12 years of looking in from the outside in a traditionally Democratic state...