Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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All the old heroes are dead. The only one left to save the galaxies from becoming weird Brave New Worlds like Alphaville is Secret Agent .003 from the Outerlands -- Lemmy Caution. Caution is a big, cool, scar-faced tough guy, who goes around telling Division Three Seductresses, "Listen, baby, I...
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU, by Jean Guéhenno. The character and egocentric doctrine of the erratic Rousseau-in many ways the first modern man-are brilliantly displayed in an excellent translation from the French.
Western intelligence sources last week dismissed the Deane theory as "naive" and insisted that Blake's escape from Wormwood Scrubs was a Soviet-planned breakout, abetted perhaps by London "scarperers" (specialists in prison escapes). Blake, they guessed, was already en route to Moscow-perhaps in a Russian trawler. Even...
Pike was irate at the report. Calling upon a seldom-used Episcopal canon, he petitioned Hines for a formal investigation of the "rumors, reports and allegations affecting my personal and official character." Hines countered by allowing a cooling-off period before naming an investigative committee. Softening the blow against Pike...
Minnesotans tend to be a proud, even chauvinistic group. They glory in their lakes, their baseball team, their culture (Minneapolis' Gutherie Theater), and their "heartland of America" state character. Minnesota politics, particularly with Hubert Humphrey's vigorous D.F.L., always seemed a bit more exciting and nationally important than anyone else...