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How It Is Information
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 How It Is is a novel by Samuel Beckett published in 1964. It consists of a monologue by the narrator as he crawls through apparently endless mud, and reminisces on his life. The mud appears to be a kind of purgatory. The title is Beckett's translation...




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And How . . .
12/09/2007: 516 words, approx. 2 pages When two books with the word "how" in the title arrived in the same week, we knew we had a theme going. Whether it's how to build something, understand something or create something, we hope you'll find a book here that interests you. Maybe...
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BP told to detail pipe replacement plan
12/17/2006: 270 words, approx. 1 pages Federal regulators have ordered oil giant BP PLC to submit more details about its plans for replacing corroded pipelines at Prudhoe Bay, the nation's largest oil field.The information sought will "determine the need for additional corrective action," regulators said in a Dec. 7 letter to...
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Templeton prize to philosopher
3/14/2007: 267 words, approx. 1 pages Charles Taylor, a Canadian philosopher who says the world's problems can only be solved by considering both their secular and spiritual roots, was named Wednesday as the recipient of a religion award billed as the world's richest annual prize.Taylor, a professor of law and philosophy...



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Critical Essay by Alice and Kenneth Hamilton
3,036 words, approx. 10 pages
 The title How It Is suggests that an answer is being given to the question, "How is it in the world, in this human life of ours?" That interpretation seems the more certain because of the nature of the narrative. The nameless narrator tells how he moves painfully through a world of warm mud. We hear that he meets another like himself, tortures him, and then finds that his victim has moved away in the mud. The narrator proceeds to speculate at large upon life in the muddy world. He draws up the...


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