Word: clingingly
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...these characters, the bar is a spar to which they cling in the shipwreck of existence and over which they confess their hidden better selves. These confessional arias are what they have always been in Williams, eloquent trib utes to the English tongue and moving explorations of the human spirit. This is not to say that Small Craft Warnings is on a par with the durable canon of his finest plays. Here he reminds us of the size and scope of his genius, but dis plays it diminuendo. Call this then a five-finger exercise from...
Sometimes, decidophobia results in making no moves at all, and that is a strategy in itself. Kaufmann calls it drifting, and says it comes in two forms. One is the "status quoism" common to over-30 conservatives who cling to ancient decisions; the other is the "inauthenticity" of rebellious young people who scorn all traditions, have "no ties, no code, no major purpose," and rarely know in advance what they will do next...
...coincidence that Stone--of all the reporters who have idly imagined running their own papers--was the one reporter to carry out the dream. For he is one of the very few American journalists who have had the courage to cling to the truth when all the world denied it. And, because of this, he found himself marooned by the age of big business journalism, a man with something to say which no one would print but himself...
...neighbors are our bitterest enemies, refusing to accept our existence." But Israel, he went on, "was never intended to become a Hebrew Sparta. Our strength will not be determined solely by our military power and economic wealth, but by the special content of our lives and our capacity to cling to our unique heritage...
...must realize that we are in the same boat." Sato's successor is unlikely to abandon the boat, but he may look with new interest on Japan's biggest neighbors, the Soviet Union and China, as potential lifesavers. It is improbable, however, that in the end he will cling too closely to either...