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MASS FOR THE DEAD: A Prologue Like moss growing up through the scattered bones of long-dead corpses, the fact of my father's death silently settled over me. My overriding reaction was "Thank God." No more embarrassments, no more inappropriate outbursts over dinner, no more bullying, no more lies from my Mother a blessed end ... More..

Relationships & Family > Break-Ups & Exes The ex-files: Why people keep things from past relationships

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I have a packet of letters tied with green ribbon in the right-hand bottom drawer of my desk. The backs of the envelopes are covered with hand-drawn illustrations: peace signs, Crazy Cat lettering, flowers and smiley faces (the original ones). I scribbled the departure time and bus number of the Greyhound that took us to the... More..

Arts & Humanities > Languages (Other) The benefits of learning Latin in high school

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WHY LATIN? A JOURNEY-WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE It was the late 60's, and I was much more interested in singing folk songs at the coffee houses in Portland and conspiring to cut classes with my fellow "soon-to-be-hippie" students than I was in studying anything. But our collective rebellion against authority didn't eliminate the nat... More..

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