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...Franny Loses a Fight," in The Hotel New Hampshire, John Irving. All Hallow's Eve, Irving-style. Giant spikers. Heart attacks. Tortured children. A tragic rape. But there's the usual dose of good humor here, and Irving's spirit shines through bigger than the State o' Maine itself. This is Halloween candy to sink your wisdom teeth into, the Snickers bar in the bag of Golden Delicious apples...
AMERICA'S GULF strategy bears a frightening resemblance to its tragic attempt to bring peace to Beirut in 1982. Both then and now the White House committed America's prestige and credibility without defining its goals, let alone the best means to achieve them. There is little indication from the White House of an end to be achieved in the Gulf, or of a recalulcation of our reason for being there in light of the evidence that our presence seems to be helping the Iranians. And our forces in the area are sadly ill-suited for their job: multibillion dollar...
...Despite this tragic incident, we have no reason to believe that El Salvador's progress in this area is threatened," spokesman Charles Redman said...
More than seven weeks after a series of dry lightning storms ignited a wave of fires across the West, thousands of weary fire fighters remain on the lines, battling a dangerous combination of flame, smoke and exhaustion. So far, at least ten people have died. In one tragic incident, a five-person "helitack" team was dropped by helicopter into a remote spot in Northern California and promptly overrun by fire before it could be rescued. The terrified team members quickly crawled into the fire-resistant shelters strapped around their waists, but 31-year-old D. Lee Cullins, of Arcata, Calif...
...tragic hero in Shakespeare, at its best in Hamlet, is a representation so original that conceptually he contains us and has fashioned our psychology of motives ever since," he said...