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...word see. I can speak the language of the sighted. That's part of the first great achievement of Helen Keller. She proved how language could liberate the blind and the deaf. She wrote, "Literature is my utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised." But how she struggled to master language. In her book Midstream, she wrote about how she was frustrated by the alphabet, by the language of the deaf, even with the speed with which her teacher spelled things out for her on her palm. She was impatient and hungry for words, and her teacher's scribbling...
...been saving for a custom van." "She drives a lavender Lexus." "They drive in winnebagoes from the Everglades." "Soccer moms drive minivans." "We'll rent expensive cars." "You're along for the ride." Down Utopia Parkway. And who doesn't want to go there? There, songs are short, sweet, snack-pack panegyrics to travel agents, laser shows, summer and proms. After their self-titled debut album Fountains of Wayne (which featured the radio hit "Radiation Vibe") was hailed as one of 1996's best albums, the winsome songwriting team of Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger returns with a14-track album...
...mother's lips tautening, she told me that it was back. Reality had struck again, abruptly invading my college utopia. And Pop couldn't even bring himself to tell me in person--he had thought I was so happy at Harvard. "And we've known this for a few months," she was continuing. "We just wanted you to start school happy." I felt disgusting. I was the selfish daughter who hadn't even contemplated a return to this sickness--I was just reveling in the petty glories of being a careless freshman girl. I was worried about boys and chem...
...mother's lips tautening, she told me that it was back. Reality had struck again, abruptly invading my college utopia. And Pop couldn't even bring himself to tell me in person--he had thought I was so happy at Harvard. "And we've known this for a few months," she was continuing. "We just wanted you to start school happy." I felt disgusting. I was the selfish daughter who hadn't even contemplated a return to this sickness--I was just reveling in the petty glories of being a careless freshman girl. I was worried about boys and chem...
...Nozick, one of only 18 University professors, received the honor last September. Best known for his work on libertarianism, Nozick received tenure at Harvard in 1969, earning recognition for his 1974 book, Anarchy, State, and Utopia...