Word: controled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sudden meeting of the author and a unit of Swedish soldiers on maneuvers in lower Manhattan, an exercise of the imaginative virtuosity that has characterized Barthelme's style. And "The Abduction of the Seraglio," in the best of these stories, sparkles with Barthelme's wit and masterful stylistic control...
Harvard finished its scoring in the ninth on a double by Chuck Marshall and a single by Peccerillo. Keyte finished off Tufts with a strong two-hit, two-walk four innings, displaying good poise and control. "That's the way Jimmy's been pitching most of the year," Nahigian said later...
...without a murderer--which he infuses with an inventive twist of probability theory. Civilization has grown so complex, he maintains, that it is governed only by laws of random chance. As a result, the protagonist--and the reader--is alienated from the reality he thinks he can understand and control. In the depersonalized modern world, common sense has become nearly meaningless. The effect is eerie and sobering...
...protagonist is both a product of the scientific community and an outcast from it; his cynicism seems to stem from wounded pride after he was relegated to the position of back-up astronaut. In modern technology, where remote-control computers are "the highest order, the symbol of our civilization," John says facetiously, there is no room for human failings: acute hay fever forced his demotion when a space mission unexpectedly discovered vegetation on Mars. Rather than remain a member of the backup crew, he quit, joining the undercover investigation in the hope that it would satisfy his attraction to risk...
...guerillas oppose the elections because whites would retain control of the police, security forces, judiciary and civilian administration, 28 seats in the 100-member parliament and four cabinet posts. White Rhodesians voted last week for their parliamentary representatives...