Word: childishly
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...attempt at ironic distancing--for instance, Rubin sometimes tries without success to tell us what Vietnamese think Americans think Vietnamese are thinking--but most times it seems to be just the way Rubin writes. Partly as a result of his syntax and partly because of the childish-sounding exclamations with which he dots their speech, Rubin's Rhade only intermittently attain the dignity they need to make us fully care for them--a dignity we do sense, for instance, hearing about the days when the sky was so low that fish could nibble at the stars when the water rose...
...raising to his lips, and, holding it out, beckoned to me to come and drink. I walked over and took the bottle. The man in the center laughed mischievously, showing broken yellow teeth that seemed out of place in his face, which appeared so innocent because of the childish woolen cap he wore. Many of the men and boys wear this traditional protection against the cold. It looks something like the flight cap of a World War I flying ace, with flaps pulled down over the ears. "Que es?" --What is it? I asked gamely enough, as I looked...
...sensitive enough to see its hollowness. They end up parodying themselves. Charlie's caught between outside pressure to conform to what traditionally held the neighborhood together, and peer pressure; between the pillars of his heritage and the way of life seductively decaying around him. He emerges vain, hypocritical and childish, sinning with scared, hellish abandon and giving only enough of himself to be self-serving. People finally have to suffer in order to save him, but he is imperturbable in his self-righteousness to the end, telling God, "Things are rough on me I know, but I'm trying, Lord...
...Paul Pioneer Press noted that TIME had emphasized Minneapolis and virtually ignored its twin city. "If this article brings Minnesota an influx of fast-buck sharpies from the east, or smog-befuddled escapees from California," said the Press, "let them settle in Minneapolis. We won't be childish about it." "If the article seems to slide over some of our problems, that's all right," said a Minneapolis Tribune editorial. "Our problems, to one degree or another, are similar to those of other states. Our strengths, though, are not universally shared, and that is what TIME sought...
...area. Through the tax reforms, the effects of new development in one part of the area are shared by all, thus eliminating the pockets of poverty and boom that characterize other urban sprawls. Quite aside from its other accomplishments, the council signals the end of a long and frequently childish rivalry between St. Paul and Minneapolis...