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...American Dream. It is no mean achievement to have made the next-to-worst novel Norman Mailer ever wrote into a movie even more embarrassing than the book. Much more embarrassing, in fact. Mailer's novel was an ardent-arrant attempt to reset Crime and Punishment in contemporary America, substituting for Raskolnikov a sort of Supernorman. Censoring both the author's ideas and his scatological eloquence, the film script turns the story into a cliche-stocked, ho-humdrum thriller about a TV star (Stuart Whitman) who murders his rich-bitch wife (Eleanor Parker) in Reel...
...struggled to retain some vestige of his former power. If General Suharto wanted the premier ship of the new Cabinet, argued Su karno, he would have to resign as the army commander, and on no account was the foreign ministry to remain in the hands of Adam Malik, the ardent advocate of an end to Sukarno's beloved confrontation with Malaysia...
...unread." At that time, Tolkien came as a blessed and delightful discovery, unsullied by elvish slogans on subway walls, FRODO LIVES buttons, or campus societies. But now, everywhere one turns, gushing over-enthusiasts are to be found turning Tolkien into a common cult, with no recognition for the most ardent readers of all who, instead of joining the society, are keeping quiet. As for you, TIME, may the hair on your feet become mangy and fall out. You have done your...
...They Opposed. According to Beaverbrook's version, the Archbishop's opposition arose because Edward was not a faithful or attentive son of the church, and was less than an ardent friend of the Establishment. The motives Beaverbrook ascribed to Baldwin were far more complex. For one thing, Beaverbrook was convinced that Baldwin had never liked Edward personally after they failed to hit it off together on a trip to Canada in 1927. Besides, Beaverbrook held, Baldwin had little regard for Edward's capabilities and resented the King's audacity in expressing skepticism about the value...
...just got to get rid of all these mathoms." Permanently hooked Ringworms frequently memorize long passages from the trilogy and learn how to write Tengwar or Certar, two peculiar and ancient-looking scripts that Tolkien invented on behalf of his mythical creatures. The most ardent readers of all are likely to join the nation's fast-growing Tolkien Society of America, which publishes magazines containing learned disquisitions on the elaborate genealogies and intricate rules of grammar that the author attached as appendices to the trilogy...