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...ultimate sophistication of slavery: the black man imprinted with a white soul. African history-and the novel-reaches a supremely ironic climax as Kassoumi, with his white wife, returns to become puppet leader of his emerging Third World nation. The slave disguised as master is a new breed of victim...
...ocean waters, seeming in storm and mist to have been there nearly as long as the sea. They are the thousands of offshore oil platforms that dot the continental shelf of North America. They are the hostile homes of the offshore oil workers, a very tough and particular breed of men. Houston Bureau Chief Leo Janos went to live among them for a time on a platform off the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. His report...
...armed forces breed brutality, Sachs said. He described the final indoctrination of all Marine troops the day before they go to Vietnam...
...initial feelings of horror and repulsion at the sight of the grinning soldier displaying his trophies of war [Feb. 1] were soon overcome by acceptance; is there really a difference between head counts and body counts? The casual presentation of such carnage cannot help but breed casual acceptance of such atrocities...
...first Duke of Marlborough. (The late Sir Winston was his direct descendant.) The performances are marked by uncommon grace and gusto, and the antique language is delivered with perfect aplomb. The outstanding supporting actor: either James Villiers, who plays Charles II, or the spaniel he constantly cuddles (a special breed that is to this day called the King Charles spaniel...