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...Holub's harsh criticism of contemporary humanities. One might find it odd that Holub, an established literary figure, prefaces his book with a George Steiner quotation that laments "the pretentious triviality which now dominate so much of literary theory and humanistic studies." If voiced by an American, Holub's barb might be interpreted as another sortie in the war between C.P. Snow's "the two cultures"--the hard sciences sniping from one side of the trenches, the humanities and social sciences from the other. In reality, however, Holub has no desire to accuse the humanities of some inherent lack...
...stuff happens, so pay attention;" and Under Siege as "The Navy...a chance to blow away a lot of bad guys on a really cool big boat." The movie trivia tidbits are pretty interesting, too--mentioning that 2 Live Crew sampled "Me So Horny" from Full Metal Jacket, that Barb Wire was loosely based on Casablanca, or that Goldfinger was the first Bond movie to have merchandise marketed with it makes for good study break conversation...
...know about anyone, let alone a former Playboy Playmate of the Year and star of three cheesy TV shows. Others will glory in the fact that she hates that other blond bimbo and Playboy alum Pamela Lee, because of some catty remarks Lee made in Cannes while promoting Barb Wire. Isn't it amazing how much one woman can squeeze into 24 years...
...title story, recalls her childhood living with her mother and the buried memories of aunts and uncles who died in Hitler's death camps. Overheard scraps of dinner-table conversation are not enough to reconstruct the past, so Anna uses her imagination. She starts by picturing a single barb on a wire, "its taper, its point, its torque, its dull gleam...
...shark's back--no easy task, considering that its skin is as thick as a watermelon rind and as tough as leather. The shark doesn't even flinch. "That's nothing," Meyer reassures me, "compared with the wounds they inflict on each other during mating." I slip a barb-tipped wire with a white plastic tag into the incision and tug hard to anchor it in place...