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Then, in 1872, he moved to Paris and became the most “in demand” portrait painter in Paris, France, having many love affairs with his subjects along the way as well. Particularly popular were his scandalous décolleté paintings, which showed as much female cleavage as was allowed in those...
My grandson and the love I have for him has opened and deepened my heart and I can feel joy without having to psychologically bury the pain of the past. Each day of my grandson’s life is a day in which I can feel real joy without having to repress the negativity of my own childhoo...
Divorce among Lebanese Americans is less common in arranged marriages than in marriages based on love. The basis of the arranged marriage is a contract of shared responsibility and self-sacrifice. There is no expectation that the needs of the individual will be satisfied in the marriage. The pur...
•At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays, by Anne Fadiman (Amazon|Barnes and Noble) •Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader, by Anne Fadiman (Amazon|Barnes and Noble) •Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons (Amazon|Barnes and Noble) ...
I would LOVE to see an updated version with Rob Lowe’s Sam Seaborn as the president. PLEASE CONSIDER!!! John Howard Swain February 11, 2016 at 3:25 pm Dear Mr. Sorkin, I was pleased to read in the NY Times today that you are bringing “To Kill A Mockingbird” to Broadway. We ...
For those who are interested in further exploration, the accompanying catalog "Without Boundary: Seventeen Ways of Looking" contains invaluable insights and beautifully written essays by Homi Bhabha, the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature at Harvard University, and Fereshteh...
作者:Maria Artamonova,来源:《盎格鲁-撒克逊文化与现代想象》(Anglo-Saxon Culture and the Modern Imagination, 2010) p.71-88 发现一份新的、以前不为人知的古英语手稿并不是我们有生之年能期待的事情。然而,对于大多数盎格鲁-撒克逊研究者来说,如下古英语书卷的开头可能很不为人熟悉: Her onginneð séo b...
“devastation” that was aborted. Since I used to work in the field around high pressure natural gas lines and I currently work on systems that monitor these pipelines in the NY metro area I have a pretty good idea about what threats of this nature are feasible and what is a bunch of ...
Text: NKBT 38. Aki no yo no nagamonogatari秋夜長物語 Muromachi tale. “A Long Tale for an Autumn Night.” Tale dating “to at least as early as 1377, in which a monk experiences a religious awakening because of the suicide of an acolyte with home he was in love.” (Childs, Rethinki...