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33 Liberalism Sneaker-squeak on gym floor, referee whistle— sounds of sound stopping. Everybody hears and knows this: Indoor light, mildew smell of old towel. Empty gym and the team practicing. Like a tabletop aquarium tank with a few sick hardy fish surviving; the deep-sea diver, feet planted in acid-color poprock pebbles, blows bubbles bluely upward. The power forward’s boyfriend highlights page after textbook page (American History from World War II: Vietnam through the Reagan era this week—Mrs. Dugan’s a Jimmy Carter fan so she’ll linger a whole day there) under reinforced windows on a high bleacher unknowing, bored, resisting inside the system. ...

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