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Many of the spectators had originally gathered to watch the Columbus Day parade, which was on a parallel street; others had come specially to root for friends or relatives...
Updike's prose, which has sometimes drawn criticism for its sprays of filigree, remains faithful to the concrete forms of Rabbit's imagination. Images take root in the here and now: Rabbit's merchandise ("Like a little sea of melting candy his cars bake in the sun"); a swimming pool ("lit from underneath at night as if it has swallowed the moon"); a moment in January ("It is cold, a day that might bring snow, a day that feels hollow"). These moments, and many others like them, shed radiance on Rabbit and his surroundings, the very glow...
...most determined way, cadets root for their boys on the gridiron. When the opponent is Harvard, which beat Army in an upset last year, the mood becomes a bit insistent. "We took it pretty hard last year; it was in our face, and some people took two weeks to recover," Smith remembers. "But I'm not too worried about this year, cause I know we're gonna beat the hell out of you guys. That would just be good Army policy; we have no choice...
...years old, a well-established college daily. As you can see, We've changed in the 70 years since-our focus on the College is now combined with attention to local, national and international issues, and a premium has been placed on writing of the highest quality. But at root we are much the same--six times a week, Harvard undergraduates turn out this newspaper, just as they've done for 109 years. We invite you to join us in keeping up that tradition...
Especially tantalizing was the appearance of two names which later appear in the Hebrew tradition: Abraham, the spiritual forefather of Jews, Christians and Muslims, and his biblical ancestor Eber (whose name formed the root of the term Hebrew). Even Matthiae, who now scorns such Bible links, had once suggested that Ebrium, the king during Ebla's golden age, might have evolved into the Eber of Genesis...