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...example -and digressions, writing of the exploratory history of inner Nevada, or delving deep into the minutiae of amateur satellite hunting. That's not to suggest that those discussions aren't good reading, for they are - Paglen somehow manages to make the movements of a spy satellite riveting - but rather to say that many of his parts are more intriguing than a somewhat diffuse whole...
Widows struggle with the idealization that naturally comes when you lose a spouse, because love - and quite often guilt - floods that space. Divorce is accomplished most typically through rage. You don't need death to separate. You need anger. So you are likely to be angry rather than guilty. Widows are accorded a tremendous sense of social respect, as well they should be, because they are weathering a life passage that's very injurious. Divorce is a stigma that says somebody failed somewhere. So from that perspective, your wound is different, and the way the world views you is different...
...Kirkland House,” he said. “But they’re a distant second.” Even if they do wind up the silver-medal recipients, Kirkland House residents find comfort outside of the IM championship. “I’d rather get second place every year and live in Kirkland House than ever live in Winthrop House,” said Kirkland HoCo secretary Kelly N. Bodwin ’11. —Staff writer Bita M. Assad can be reached at bassad@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Ahmed N. Mabruk...
...sure when life will return to normal. On Sunday, the traffic lights in her neighborhood were not working (she's seen several drivers fail to stop at intersections) and she had not been to work in a week (she was told by her clinic to remain at home, rather than risk the icy, treacherous drive into work). That's the same message that went out to Louisville's public school students; classes for the remainder of last week were called off by Wednesday morning. Schools were still closed Monday...
Three weeks later and the complaints are rather different. A scorching northwesterly wind has blasted much of southeastern Australia for almost a week, creating the worst heat wave in the region for 70 years. Dozens of people reportedly died in the heat, many of them elderly. More than half a million homes and businesses lost power for days, railway lines buckled and bushfires burned tens of thousands of acres and destroyed at least 29 homes. "We're in uncharted waters, unprecedented condition. It's the hottest week since records began," the Premier (Governor) of Victoria John Brumby told reporters...