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...hear she has the courage to leave her brutal husband Donnie (Reeves). Poor afflicted Buddy (Giovanni Ribisi) needs to get those angry voices out of his head. And when prime rich bitch Jessica King (Katie Holmes) goes missing, her grieving fiancé (Greg Kinnear) comes to Annie. For though she chats with her dead grandmother, sleeps with a baseball bat beside her bed and has visions of the dead in her bathtub, Annie is quite the most sensible person around. Ah, the rural South, where nearly every-one - at least in popular fiction - is either ruttin' randy or picturesquely deranged...
Chaudhuri's portraits of the more minor characters in the novel, such as Jayojit's parents, are particularly enjoyable. Jayojit's neurotic mother and reticent father provide a strong backdrop to Jayojit's affinity for life in India. The Chatterjees talk about Jayojit's experiences "abroad" as though he lived in an imaginary land. Chaudhuri's subtle comparison between the mystical atmosphere that the Chatterjees attribute to America and the dreamlike way in which Jayojit wanders through India is compelling and beautiful-this is the strong point of Chaudhuri's novel. Through his sensitive descriptions of the daily trivialities...
...solution? A residential campus for graduate students, possibly located on Harvard's Allston site. Though Ellison says GSAS could be building in five years, he says current efforts will focus on making housing more affordable on this side of the river...
Poor Al. Even though he was able to record about 300,000 more popular votes than George, the compassionate conservative has won the judicial phase of this election, propelling him to 271 electoral votes and the Oval Office. Yet, should the election have been this close? Sadly, Al defeated himself by making tactical mistake after tactical mistake. He should have emphasized his role in the Clinton administration and stuck with his boring, stiff, experienced image. Tommy Lee should have told Al that he simply...
...solution will bring about both fairness and some equity in baseball. Though as a fan of the New York Mets, I would like to remain one of the five-to-eight teams that can realistically compete, I recognize that the game can only prosper if a team is not precluded from contention before the season even begins...