Word: hauntedness
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By 1800, huge epic poems and verse diatribes were pouring forth - more than ninety in the 1790s alone. Slavery was taken on by the first generation of self-consciously American poets, among them Joel Barlow, David Humphreys, Timothy Dwight, and Philip Freneau, all of whom saw it as anathema to...
The American tradition of wartime leadership seems more subdued. The most memorable images are gaunt and painful: the haunted Lincoln; the dark circles under Franklin Roosevelt's eyes; Kennedy standing alone, in shadows, during the Cuban missile crisis. This is a moment far more ambiguous than any of those; intellectual...
So many opportunities, so many cliffs to jump off--a new frontier of ethics, politics, religion and commerce. Centuries of philosophical arguments about free will are now twisted like that DNA strand. Are you truly free to be a size 6 if gluttony is in your genes? The nature-vs...
The situation called for subtlety, smarts and swiftness, and for a few days people wondered whether a man named Moose was the right person for the task. But with all eyes on him, the Montgomery County, Md., police chief led some 1,000 investigators in a 22-day manhunt for...
Each bunco party is as different as the women playing it. Most parties rotate hosting duties and all include food, but the fare can run from a lavish meal complete with china and linen to a potluck buffet. Some adopt a theme for each month's meeting, like a haunted...