Word: apartness
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...protector, the one dour celibate in this tatty Sodom. Des is used to being used by Ruth; it is his way of feeling needed. He has the patience for her; David has the hots. Together, these qualities might make a decent lover. Opposed, they tear Ruth apart...
Anyone who stops to look closely can always spot one kid who seems to hold himself apart from the crowd. There is just something about him: a shrewd look in the eye, a certain alertness in his carriage. This summer the movie analogy to that promising lad is called Real Genius...
...helmet is only the latest sartorial gaffe foisted on the fighting man. Last year the Army admitted that its cotton-nylon fatigues, introduced in 1980, tore easily and were unbearably hot in warm climates, and the Pentagon canceled a new combat boot that tended to fall apart. Said one Army expert: "We don't even like to talk about that one." Like the boots, the faulty helmets will probably be replaced. But there is a defect in the process of trying to correct the defect: the military is still trying to trace the units that are wearing the helmets. TENNESSEE...
...severe psychological problems, an argument that became known as the "Twinkie defense." When White was convicted only of voluntary manslaughter, 5,000 rioters, most of them gays, stormed city hall. Following his release after five years in prison, White, unemployed and dogged by fears of retaliation, lived undercover, apart from his family...
...Brazier, the legendary cook and restaurant owner, is given no more affectionate regard than the simple lunch that provides the book's title. But when the spirit moves her, the author can drop nostalgia and pick up a skewer. A short piece entitled "Your Perfected Hostess" takes apart dishes that have become instant clichés, like vichyssoise and quiche. Of vichyssoise made with substitute ingredients, she writes, "Those people, however, who won't stoop to tinned soups but still want to be in the swim with their vichyssoise, have taken to using cucumber instead of leeks, and watercress or mint...