In imaginatively exploring the life of suits are fragmentary. Inevitably, his contribution stands next to such a myth, Rodriguez comes to see the Shortcomings...
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A THIRST FOR LAND & MOTION WHERE THE BLUEBIRD SINGS TO THE LEMONADE SPRINGS Living and Writing in the West Wallace Stegner Random House, $21, 227 pp. Nancy M. Haegel It rained in coastal...
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EUREKA MOMENTS NANCY M. HAEGEL THE PRAYERS OF AN ENGINEER The alarm rings at 6 A.M. I mumble a "good morning" to the Lord, kiss my husband, and listen to the radio. Unlike the first two,...
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WHERE IT GETS SQUISHY FLYING BUTTRESSES, ENTROPY, AND 0-RINGS The World of an Engineer James L. Adams Harvard University Press, $24.95, 256 pp. Nancy M. Haegel housands of visitors each year...
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BOOKS Scientific annunciations THE VIRGIN AND THE MOUSETRAP Essays in Search of the Soul of Science Chet Raymo Viking Penguin, $18.95, 199 pp. THE JOY OF INSIGHT Passions of a...
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tells us, falsifies and thus diminishes the suffering of actual, decent people. If we make them heroes or saints we comfort ourselves at the cost of failing to honor them. And of course, we cannot...
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the rabbi's teaching and questions. Only one thing mattered amid the forms and the parking and "opening day" bureaucracy: only God, the only worthwhile object of transcendence. "Do you need...
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THE UNIVERSE AS SAGGING MATTRESS LONELY HEARTS OF THE COSMOS Dennis Overbye HarperCollins, $25,430 pp. Nancy M. Haegel he title conjures up a romantic novel, but the romance is...
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