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...sketches Malcolm's life colorfully, if by the numbers. But he falls victim to the danger of movie biography: he elevates Malcolm's importance until the vital historical context is obscured. Malcolm came of age in an era of great black oratory. Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell, Eldridge Cleaver, Maya Angelou had no power but in their minds and throats and pens. And what force, what rage, what music they found there...
Dozens of new women are coming to the House, perhaps doubling the current number of 28. The fresh faces include Eva Clayton, the first black Congresswoman from North Carolina, and New York's Nydia Velazquez, the first Puerto Rican female in Congress...
Through the Ivory Gate flows well, painting a poignant picture of the life of a young woman who is learning to deal with life's surprises. Virginia learns that her college boyfriend Clayton is gay and comes finally to acknowledge his acceptance of his identity...
Ultimately, Updike's attitude toward his garrulous narrator and hero remains unclear. On two occasions, Clayton makes gratuitously cruel comments to his wife. She does not seem stung by them, and he shows no remorse for what he said. He is good fun to be around, but it would be nice to know how far he can be trusted and believed...
...Canadian Forest Industries Council hired Lake's firm to "track legislation" and monitor "administrative activities." A month later, the Commerce Department imposed a 14.5% tariff on subsidized lumber imports from Canada under the terms of the U.S.-Canada free trade pact. During the next 10 weeks, Lake twice telephoned Clayton Yeutter, who was then White House domestic-policy adviser; in a conversation on May 10, Lake asked Yeutter to take a phone call from a lawyer pleading the Canadians' case. Five days later, the Commerce Department reduced the duty on lumber imports to 6.5%. Yeutter has denied that Lake...