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Bellow's book is a first-class mystery--and that's not a compliment. True, the plot could be called a mystery in the standard literary sense, but the book's theme, purpose and often its characters are enigmas themselves...
...have to compliment the defense," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary said. "We don't let [opponents] get too many second shots, or give up shots in close...
...apartment with his wife and two daughters. Retired in 1971 from his post as an adviser to the Minister of Culture, he spends most of his time in cafes, drinking coffee and exchanging gossip. He is also known as one of the best joke tellers in Cairo, no small compliment in a land noted...
...they make," says Archer, "but those are the only kinds of jobs the kids can get around here." Archer pronounces Dukakis' name "Distakis" and admits that he knows little about the Massachusetts Governor except that "he reminds me of a Kennedy" -- and he does not intend that as a compliment. Though he and Janie voted for Reagan twice, Archer says they "most likely" will vote for Dukakis this year because "I'd like to see some kind of change...
...goes, through a list of correspondents that includes most of the types who dwell on the literary life's ragged edges. The unpublished writer who aggressively demands that Bradbury read her last seven novels (enclosed) is turned aside with a compliment ("Be reassured, a masochistic and paranoid temperament is a well-known sign of a great writer") and a practical suggestion ("May I recommend a pseudonym -- something like John le Carre"). The young academic confronting his first job interview is reminded that he must dress both down (there is always a raging egalitarian on the committee who resents Oxbridge college...