How can one explain all the time and thought that goes into raising a child, all the opportunities for mistakes, all the chances t...o recover and try again? How does one break the news that nothing permanent can be formed in an instant--children are not weaned, potty trained, taught manners, introduced to civilization in one or two tries--as everyone imagined.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Upscale people are fixated with food simply because they are now able to eat so much of it without getting fat, and the reason the...y don't get fat is that they maintain a profligate level of calorie expenditure. The very same people whose evenings begin with melted goat's cheese ... get up at dawn to run, break for a mid-morning aerobics class, and watch the evening news while racing on a stationary bicycle.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I poured down his throat our last measure of wine, Which (the burgesses voted by common consent)... Was no more than his due who brought good news from Ghent.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »