constraint-based problem
...blems by enforcing constraints among variables. CLP's ability to sort numeric variables that do not yet have definite values makes it possible to sort the events of ``A Rose for Emily'' with only fragmented and relative time information. In attempting to sort the events of the story, we find an inconsistency in the temporal references scattered throughout the narrative. After removing this inconsistency, we are able to compare our chronology with earlier ones and discuss the thematic relevance of Faulkner's nonlinear plots. Does anyone have any real logical thought as to Emily being African American? My thought is why did her father not let her outside the house? Maybe he himself had a little thing w/ a black woman had Ms. Emily, and that's why Toby hung around all the time. He was ashamed of her and never wanted her seen. [How would being, say, 1/8 African American increase or decrease the ironies of the story?] Jason (2001) answered: "'Horse and foot' is an expression...