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...s the dark secret in his past? • Why was the Holocaust, the mass extermination of Europe’s Jews, set in motion only so late in World War II? • ... ... work hand-in-glove with Zionist organizations in Palestine and throughout occupied Europe, even as the Holocaust was taking place? • Who assassi... ...rner of my eye, I see the block senior and two high-ranking officers, black tunics, iron crosses, skulls and bones, mirror-shiny boots. I am not all... ...nswer him. I haven’t used my name since I arrived, since having crossed the wrought iron gates of this inhospitable planet. I tell him my name, h... ...ngly bullnecked as he must have been all those years back in occupied and tortured Europe. I acknowledged his outburst by nodding my head and he ... ... him in?” “Why wait four decades to eliminate such a substantial risk?” Dan’s iron logic prevailed. “So, having discovered it only recently,... ...andable, this curiosity in a historian – in a young historian. Hell, if I were your age, I would have probably done the same.” He paused for dram... ... fans in a coffee house not far from the Hechalutz headquarters. Despite his tender age, he was very avuncular. He agreed with my father that a life... ...sm. So, he agreed to pay her child support until the illegitimate issue reached the age of 14. And so he did. He kept all the receipts and money tra...

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...Elizabethans envisage that their enterprise would one day, with an army more powerful than any in Europe (except, perhaps, the French) and a revenue... ...h to marry again so soon?’ ‘He knows he must produce an heir. There is no one in India among the European women that he wishes to make his wife and,... ...e, arranged marriage. To be the wife of Gavin French, whom she had loved secretly from the tender age of seven, was more than she had ever hoped. Bu... ...as she owed to him. Because of his love of horses, he had encouraged Helen to ride from an early age and she was a superb horsewoman. As if this was... ...e. The ship was one of the largest of the company’s vessels, well armed and amongst the first all iron ships to be powered by steam. Amongst the pa... ...examine a blood sample before giving him any more quinine. Frankly, I believe he should return to Europe when he has Audrey Blankenhagen 24 recov... ...s the end: that mountainous swell would surely overpower her and sweep her overboard. Suddenly an iron arm gripped her and a rope was fastening her ... ... the entrance to the Pass which leads into this valley.’ As they approached the Residency, large iron gates bearing the East India Company’s crest ... ...d and muttered a prayer. He helped Helen to mount Sultana and then walking quite rapidly for his age alongside horse and rider, did not utter anothe...

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...tled whimpers, tears streaming silently down her creviced face, tearing his heart with the iron grip of festering love. He hugged her and showered ... ...ce, like a besuited mummy with gleaming imitation leather shoes. She does my laundry and my ironing, too. I did not want to die. I sought refuge in ... ... said: "Stay with me, please, this evening." The last client having departed, he bolted the iron shutters and we proceeded uptown, to get drunk. It ... ...tained. Consider the authorities. This act is so in breach of my much-cultivated image as European intellectual – that I anticipate being thoroughl... ...reality, I kneel. From battered suitcase, tucked under the bed, I extract a rumpled blazer, age-patinated pants. "Put on cravat!" – he snaps – "She ... ...of the finest whiskey for his guest. Pierre smiles gratefully. "We do a lot of business in Europe, Shmuel and I" – Eli expounds – "We need faithful... ...y grandfather sat on a divan, back stiff and eyes tight-shut, when the news arrived. At the age of seventy, his body still preserved the womaniser's... ...chool and municipal events and declare open and closed all the ceremonies and from a tender age I had the voice of s radio announcer and am a prodig... ...es", "Izvestia", "Argumenti i Fakti", "The Middle East Times", "The New Presence", "Central Europe Review", and other periodicals, and in the econom...

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...R. I-3 HELENA If you only knew how enormously that!–– DOMIN Interests me. Europe's talking about nothing else. HELENA Why don't you let me finish spe... ... HELENA What a pity that it's to be found in all the school books of both Europe and America. DOMIN Yes. But do you know what isn't in the school boo... ... that it's perfectly outrageous. It's terrible. (Standing up) The whole of Europe is talking about the way you're being treated. That's why I came he... ...ots' signal! The attack! GALL, HALLEMEIER, and FABRY close and fasten the iron shutters outside the windows, darkening the room. The whistle is stil... ...LQUIST Man's power. DOMIN Yes! A torch to be given from hand to hand, from age to age, forever! The lamp goes out. HALLEMEIER The end. FABRY The elec...

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...n born in Colombia. His father was a doctor, and his mother a Bostonian socialite. At the age of seven, his parents, afraid of the Ruling Junta, and... ... worlds: the real and the unreal. He had chosen Colombia University -- the name alone was ironic and somehow fed into the fantasy of his double life... ...e guest than most. His fame, eventually, had compelled him to open up his own firm at the age of twenty-six. It was then that he met and married one... ...at framed a set of thin lips appeared. “I haven’t had the pleasure,” he said with a heavy European accent.” “Neither, have I professor, but I’m sur... ...ront of it mostly covered over with years of unattended ivy. He pushed opened the wrought iron gate that squeaked to his touch, and walked along a c... ...an snapped on a switch next to the fireplace, which instantly lit a blue flame beneath an iron grate with an enormous pile of stacked wood on top of... ...ise?” “The planet would be divided equally into three parts. All of Western and Eastern Europe to the Russians, the Chinese would take all of Asia,...

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...on dictated; I had full breasts and hips, albeit with a small waist. In an age that preferred the willowy silhouette, I was an anachronism. I was a... ... first caller was Lady Alice Harrington, who lived two houses away; she had iron-colored hair, a jaw to match, and a bosom like the prow of a ship. ... ...te my previous reticence, I found myself telling her about traveling around Europe, living in Russia and Persia, and how I had been outcast not only... ...rik’s jet-black hair but also his rather solemn demeanor. Even at her young age, she preferred the company of books and animals to that of children;... ...e was like a palace to me. I loved each room, from the chambers with their iron bedsteads and boutis quilts to the colorfully tiled kitchen with it...

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... have extra money to add a room to their house or to buy a bigger car. In Europe they will nearly always opt for a vacation when they could otherwis... ...truth, divine truth. Americans eat with their forks in their right hands, Europeans with the fork in the left. Indians may eat with their right hand... ....‖ -- ―Yes Father Ray, but Spain was merely following the rest of Europe in passing laws that favor the individual‘s free choice and the adv... ...ighest abortion rates in the world at 51 per 1,000 women of child bearing age. Why are they saying one thing while doing something different? Why do... ...out God all things are lawful.‘‖ --―Those ideas are based on the age-old idea that God is the only source of morality. But if we look back ... ...c events. So do hydrogen and oxygen make water? We haven‘t found sulfur or iron making water. So in science we narrow down the area of study, while t... ...n his autobiography he wrote, ‗Scarcely was I arrived at fifteen years of age, when, after having doubted in turn of different tenets, 69 accord... ...e room was filled with hundreds of torture instruments like thumb screws, iron masks, a rack, and metal spikes that would be forced under the finger ... ...on the seat and back. Meanwhile another masked man was heating a branding iron in a fire. Hopefully the tickling of the spikes and the warmth of the ...

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...e infant's greatest pleasures were found in the mouth, in sucking and eating. This was called the oral stage of sexual development. At around age 1 ... ...d the ‗phallic‘ stage. It is at this stage that Freud believed that the sexual desires first emerged. Freud believed that children, by about age 3,... ...er package.‖ --―Chuck, do you remember when our Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, was chided for dating beautiful women half his age? H... ...abode is Hell-- an evil refuge indeed.‘ (6a) ―We wonder if the violence we see on the streets of New York or Baghdad, in the wars of Europe... ...f us the inhumane horrors that some human minds have conjured and carried out. Waterboarding, the Chinese water torture, even thumb screws and iron ... ...d, being tied to a wide wooden wheel and rolled down a rocky hill, being nailed to a cross and crucified upside down, being tied to a red hot iron c... ...omebody. ―Spousal love is defined by Fromm as ‗evaluation and emotion.‘ It has been similarly and aptly described by the prominent Europe... ... a closer identity—a family, 83 tribe, religion, or core of beliefs. In Europe...

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...n a sip of coffee. A horrible thought enters my mind. Now in this day and age one can’t tell by mere appearances, I just hope he’s not gay, what a t... ...lesson in survival; food. Craters formed whilst I tapped on the corrugated iron. Naturally, I didn’t want to appear too obvious, but with each bang, t... ... guy, true story, had to have his teeth capped due to excess brushing. He irons his undies, checks out his reflection in his shoes and his hair, oh ... ...ven; not much, mum had us close together. Geezers, now I’m lying about my age! Anyway, he also has me believing my chest is so small, even implants ... ... thinks if I don’t get my bum into gear, the only company I’ll have in old age, will be a set of false teeth and a battery driven device. Steven has ... ...nk he’s a comedian. “No it’s true, honestly. She bought a whole library of European cook books, couldn’t do one of the recipes.” “There had to be one... ... so calmly, unlike me, who stormed through the house like Hitler invading Europe. He’s keeping count, mutters six. I correct him and say seven; remi...

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...ng her tongue, she’d do it. Unfortunately time was running out and soon her age would work against her. She forced away the sobering thought and f... ...ll throttle, they stormed into the clubhouse turn. She braced her feet in the irons, her ragged breathing blending with his churning hooves. Shit.... ...ne he now considered as more of a witness. WEST, JULIE A.: Female Caucasian, Age 23, Green Eyes, Blond Hair, Weight 48.9 kg/108 lb, Height 1.5 mete... ...tty, but it was definitely more interesting: LAING, OTTO P.: Male Caucasian, Age 36, Brown Eyes, Brown Hair, Weight 109.7 kg/242 lb, Height 1.8 met... ... back the sheet and rose. His frustration lingered after his shower. It was ironic both he and Connor had transferred from the undercover street t... ...hen guided him into the slot. Joe swung over the bars, placed his toes in the irons and an assistant whipped off the blindfold. “Not yet!” Joe yel... ...glance down the hall. Blue eyes, brown hair, patrician features. Possibly a European accent. The name read Marcus Friedman, and his age, forty-sev... ...g out, is he?” Kurt prompted. “Yeah, the housekeeper said he’s moving back to Europe. Selling his house and cars. His wife don’t like it here. She a... ... “Yeah, especially the ones used as diamond simulates. The stones we send to Europe are top quality.” “Where do you get the zircons?” Kurt proppe...

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...o why keep asking?” Don’t think I didn’t notice he deftly skirted the whole age question. Donatello leaned in and met my gaze, all spooky and uber-... ...to man every area under our jurisdiction. Your appointment at such an early age is the result of necessity and has nothing to do with your stellar ... ... feel it only fair to tell you, I’ve recalled your brother Kristain from his European assignment. After consulting with your father, he and I both ... ...Vampire was the only one who could help me. If that wasn’t the definition of ironic, I didn’t know what was. Checking my clock, I had four hours ‘... ... brother ever since we were kids. Truth be told, I think Kris requested the European assignment more to get away from her fawning than anything els... ...don’t think it’ll do much good. Rudolpho has already fed. For a Vampire his age, a single feeding should suffice for at least a week. This was mor... ...t when you were a Vampire. It didn’t stop him from whimpering. Free of his iron grip, I twisted my head to see the Vampire dislocate his jaw to op... ...s. As well it should have. I’ve put out a call for reinforcements, but the European theater is experiencing its own troubles, as are the Asian and ... ... Besides as a Slayer, it was my job. Sir Reggie and the vamp council had to iron out their side of things, while Donnie and I figured out ours. As...

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... in terms of looks and greatness: she is mortal, and you are immortal and age does not touch you. But even so I wish to return home, and I invoke ... ... as being the greatest in the world, is an ephemeral beauty, a beauty that age can damage and death can destroy. The Greeks were not willing to se... ...the completion of the cosmic goal. Now Ulysses can live out a peaceful old age while he waits for a gentle death that will come to him while he is a... ... that it is possible to break out of it and that the myth of Ulysses is an ironclad argument against Freud’s radical pessimism. The main question t... ... enrich Life. America was the hope of the nineteen hundreds. And today? Europe has become the hope of the poor from the third world, but what ho... ...as become the hope of the poor from the third world, but what hope do the Europeans have? From what I can see, there is no hope at all concerning i... .... We would be blind not to see it. But as far as I am concerned, being a European who has not emigrated, I would like that yet another evolutionar... ...we decide to begin loving ourselves and transform ourselves. Play and self-irony are wonderful ways to stop our complaining and concentrate our ener... ... to be able to laugh at oneself is an art, and it must be practiced. Self-irony allows us to detach from ourselves and our wounds and from the narc...

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... transparencies of most humans were in order--the last of which would be old age and decay but what was written on them was meaningless. His transpare... ...e pool, a sadness at the loss of his friendship with Yang Kwam made him feel age that he did not possess. He watched a couple young men stretch out in... ...ool restored to his euphoria as his father strutted his work talk to men his age seated on other stools. Walking from the mokotong he thought of a sto... ... refuge between his legs and would not come out. She closed the legs like an iron gate. The mother did not seem to demand that she leave the fortress;... ...ost powerful nation on the Earth (at least it was at the present date if the European Union "stayed out of things"-a common idea of his father's that ... ...way Americans envisioned most all other countries including those in Western Europe. "Everyone wants to talk to you in English." "But I don't want to,... ...e the awkward anachronisms of hieroglyphs chiseled into stone. It would seem ironic that someone who perceives books to be as lifeless as stones shoul... ...he watched the heavy traffic and the shuffling array of Italians through the iron bars of one of the many walls that went around the park. It seemed ... ...age: a diminishing but still open animus toward her for the trip to Asia and Europe without him, resenting this distribution of her attention to inclu...

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...ered returning to the insular South of her youth. But who could have foreseen that iron-willed Eleanor O’Connell Langey would die before her time? ... ...ho I snagged after all those years of putting up with Royce Lee. Do you believe in irony, Laura Kate?” “Yes.” “The irony is simply delicious.” Sh... ... and people in his family who could look after the children while she stayed in the European killing zone. And it was he who had been firm in remin... ...go Watts had been Wallace Langey’s mistress for at least twenty-seven years — Olin’s age. After the baby boy was born, and with Aunt Eleanor’s bless... ... the place to an off-the-wall brand church. The church sold it to Guy and moved to Europe.” He was stalling. He’d rather talk real estate than ge... ...same one you’re taking’.” “Ah, ménage a trois.” “You spent too much time in Europe,” he said. “It’s called a threesome in Georgia. Anyway, ... ...e ill-fitting door and found herself in a large room full of mess. Rusting wrought iron lawn furniture scattered across the place. There was a hom... ...end.” “Let me ask you about Sammie Lee.” “Sure.” Bobby and Sammie were the same age. They’d grown up together, attended various academies toget... ...en he’d talked to Honey Dade he found him to be a kindly black man of undeterminable age, neither young nor particularly macho. Whitaker went on, “I...

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... Later, when the other Cardinals were asked by Berini concerning the voting, ironically, almost all of them were fuzzy about the actual voting. The ... ...Sicily was the command center of the Mafia. “...I had a Calling at an early age. My mother believed it was a good idea to have a priest in the fam... ...ey know how you make your living -- you're a consultant and a fundraiser. The irony of it will appeal to them." Brand stroked his chin, which had ... ...n self interests." The French newspapers played it up as Britain's usual anti-European cooperative stance. "They want all the benefits, but are unwil... ...ive stance. "They want all the benefits, but are unwilling to work with their European neighbors in any substantial way." Walter Baker opened the ... ...e," Alex muttered. "And they say that Politics makes strange bedfellows." The irony was so thick that he was mentally unable to digest it. "Do I ha... ...d paper. He then drew a triangle, and wrote three words. On the top, he wrote Europe; on the other corners of the triangle he wrote Asia and Latin A... ...o di Capo. Gallucci now wondered about his old friend. Had he gone soft? Had age made him grow fearful, or had things gotten too far out of control... ...s hidden inside the sleeves of his elegant kimono. His face was wrinkled with age, and his body looked frail. Gallucci had not pictured Oshiro, but i...

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..., in remote metropolitan distances ?above the Forties,? of a new Opera House which should compete in costliness and splendour with those of the great European capitals, the world of fashion was still content to reassemble every winter in the shabby red and gold boxes of the sociable old Academy. Conservatives cherished it for being small and inconvenient, and thus keeping ...

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...by Edith Wharton A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ... State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Book I I. ON A JANUARY EVENING of the ea... ...e which should compete in costliness and splendour with those of the great European capitals, the world of fashion was still content to reassemble eve... ...ly as “poor Ellen Olenska.” Archer knew that she had suddenly arrived from Europe a day or two previously; he had even heard from Miss Welland (not di... ...lish, who had returned the previous year from a long initiatory sojourn in Europe to lay siege to the tight little citadel of New Y ork. “Of course if... ...the places of the Lawrence Leffertses at her dinner.” He paused to let the irony of this sink in. “As you know, this is impos- sible.” Mrs. Archer sou... ... the peeling stucco house with a giant wisteria throttling its feeble cast-iron bal- cony, which she had hired, far down W est Twenty-third Street, fr... ...f his life he would go up every 51 Edith Wharton evening between the cast-iron railings of that greenish-yellow doorstep, and pass through a Pompeian...

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...Prescott Wormeley FIRST EPISODE MADAME DE LA CHANTERIE I THE MALADY OF THE AGE ON A FINE EVENING in the month of September, 1836, a man about thirty y... ... FINE EVENING in the month of September, 1836, a man about thirty years of age was leaning on the parapet of that quay from which a spectator can look... ...ther, who dreamed of seeing him a notary in Paris. For this reason, at the age of seven, he was sent to an institution, that of the Abbe Liautard, to ... ...s yellow door,—ponderous as that of a prison, and decorated with arabesque ironwork of a remote period that was difficult to determine. Though Godefro... ... calico required for the window curtains, and also for those of the modest iron bed; and she undertook to buy and have them made for a price so modera... ...oom. Solitude has charms comparable only to those of savage life, which no European has ever really abandoned after once tasting them. This may seem s... ...he buck- les, instead of being of steel, seemed to me to be made of common iron. His white, flowered waistcoat, now yellow from long wearing, also his... ...r. Association, one of the greatest social forces, and that which made the Europe of the middle-ages, rests on principles which, since 1792, no longer... ...se desperate diseases which science declares incurable. It is not known in Europe that the Slav races possess many secrets. They have a collection of ...

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