Word: besting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite the subject matter, the legalese is not too confusing, however. Novick, a professor of law at the University of Vermont, does his best to explain in human terms the theories behind the decisions and their significance. And the author's characterizations of the other justices and his descriptions of way the Court made its decisions will be enough to hold the interest of those who are still not consumed by legal theories...
...insurance salesman-turned best-selling author swore he got all his information from magazines and public sources, but many defense experts were not convinced...
Although reading dust-jacket review clips is a filthy habit which I wouldn't encourage in anyone, it was the back of this book which drew me in. (The front cover is incredibly ugly; don't let it deter you.) One of the best of English travel writers (who has also done some exploring of our America, in Old Glory, a fabulous journey down the Mississippi), Jonathan Raban, describes her earlier work as a "romance with America itself, its infinitely possible geography, its license, sexiness, and violence." The description clearly fits this new novel, and romance is a well-chosen...
...response to female sexuality--ambivalence as to whether there is a desire for "virgin" and/or "whore," but objectification in either case, leaving no roon for normal, healthy sexual response on the part of the woman. Thus the dorm from which Jenny emerges, demonstratively glad to see Ollie, is the "Best Little Whorehouse in Radcliffe," while a shot of her inert body in the hospital elicits the derogation "typical Harvard woman...
...movie's best performance comes from Yusaku Natsuda, who portrays an upstart crime boss named Sato. Like Douglas, Natsuda gets little help from the screenwriters. Nonetheless, he creates one wicked character in Sato. Anyone who sees the film won't forget Natsuda's grisly digital sacrifice in the next-to-last scene...