Word: contrivedness
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Yet for someone reduced to shreds and shards, Hobson certainly made do. She rose through jobs in newspapers and advertising to become a highly successful promotion writer; from 1934 to 1940, she was a promotion director for Time Inc. As befitted the daughter of prominent socialists (her father was Michael...
Yet Ozick is careful never to allow the prose-poetry pattern to weaken the fabric of the novel. A device that might have seemed sloppy or contrived in the hands of a less skilled novelist, this language effectively heightens the sensual flavor of Ozick's work.
Close to 1,000,000 copies of Erich Segal's hardcover book are in print. Love Story is still number one on the bestseller list-while a 95? edition is the top-selling paperback. Now comes the celluloid version, manipulating audiences with contrived bathos. No wonder Love Story has...
What could become the opportunity for a contrived and inflated forum for Sibbald's opinions remains in the hands of the actors. Despite the magnitude of the life-death predicament. Tommy remains the simple, sincere kid trying--to the last--to mend fences. No fancy philosophical speeches, no existential angst...
That symbolic gesture marked the third anniversary of the founding of the now outlawed independent trade union Solidarity. It was also part of the most spirited public protests since the government put an end to 19 months of martial law. The turbulence was initially triggered by the appearance of Deputy...