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...cell phone," exclaimed the cutting-edge fourth-grader through her shiny, tricked-out handset. The perplexed, interstate scowls at other end of the line were easy to envision. "Why do you need that?" retorted her disapproving elders virtually in unison. My nine-year-old didn't have an immediate answer, but instinctively and ineffably, she knew she had arrived...
...Johansson only had an answer for the second of the two inquiries, replying “it depends on how much champagne we’ve had that night...
...flustered. If they ask you to estimate how many golf balls could fit in the room, don’t worry too much–they are only looking for a response that falls in a reasonable range. As long as you are within 10 of the actual answer, you’re golden...
...does being the son of Eastern Europe’s answer to Hugh Hefner help him reel in the ladies? Pavic answers honestly: “Last year, I used it a lot...Not as a pick-up line, you know ‘Do you want to do Playboy?’ but more like an approach.” But Pavic’s doesn’t just talk a big game: he’s set himself in a swanky pad off-campus where he and his roommates can throw parties without worrying about tutors...
...much more in dialogue with these historians than with the reader. At times the book seems to be infused with ghosts from the past, obscure critics that have been forgotten by everyone except Trachtenberg. Trachtenberg draws upon his immense knowledge of history, culture and art not to answer questions about 19th- and 20th-century American culture, but to raise them. Not only does he address existing puzzles—he creates enigmas out of events that seem commonplace. Only Trachtenberg’s obvious delight in wordplay and vivid language rescue what could have easily become an impenetrable maze...