Word: animus
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...days when his latest cache of secrets would arrive at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, a CIA officer says, "it was like Christmas." There was something for everyone. The names of four U.S. military officers working as spies for the Soviet Union. Hard evidence of Beijing's deepening animus toward Moscow, which President Nixon exploited to forge his 1972 opening to China. Technical data on Soviet-made antitank missiles, which allowed U.S. forces, years later, to defeat those weapons when they were employed by Iraq during the 1991 Gulf...
...enthralling. "Why me?" screamed a recent Newsweek cover featuring a tearful head-shot of the slightly-maimed skater. "Why this story?" might be a better question. The incident has been proclaimed a "tragedy" over and over again; yet no one is dead or even seriously wounded. The animus of the plot--namely, hindering one's competition by underhanded means--is by no means extraordinary. In North America's other on-ice sport, certain players are retained specifically for this purpose, and these "enforcers" perform to the delight of the same crowds that are now so sanctimoniously clucking their tongues over...
...Where else, but the place that has always shown itself a safe-haven for bureaucratic absurdities. As though it has not done enough in preserving the tradition of pointless paperwork, generous sinecures, proliferating committees, sub-committees, and ad hoc working groups, Harvard has now decided it should adopt the animus of Mr. Khrushchev's greatest folly...
...something inherently dull entertaining. And it would be good to see Snipes cut loose more than he is able to here. But that's the way things go in this cautious adaptation of a "controversial" book. It makes you realize that Crichton's novel was largely powered by his animus against the Japanese business culture, and perversely, you miss his outrage. With that toned down, Rising Sun turns into just another dispassionate whodunit...
...very allegations he wants to suppress. The accused journalist may win in court -- for First Amendment reasons, the rules are tilted in favor of the press -- but is less than certain of being vindicated. Often, a story that provokes a suit is legally defensible yet morally tainted by bias, animus or procedural lapses; the trial turns into a lesson in press ethics, with the reporter as the flustered pupil...