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Still, history through hindsight is a mug's game, and Buckley never forgets his plot or pace. If Blackford Oakes had a bit more wattage--his creator could spare some--he might be worth an additional sequel or two. As for Castro, one suspects that he is so plausible because Buckley shares many of his attributes --among them an affection for crowds. The author dedicates this book to 49 nephews and nieces and acknowledges help from 22 individuals. One of them, he says, "couldn't stand the book's title, and I think the world should know how heavily...
...literature, there would be no question of his right to kick them out. Many of us feel the same level of rights apply to intellectual property and for better reasons. In a sense, a person deserves what she creates more than she deserves what she inherits. The creator has a deeper, more personal interest in her own creation than in things she purchases from a grocery store or a real estate agent. The interest is emotional. It is also social: we may judge bankers by their net worth, but we judge artists and inventors by what they create...
...copyright owner. Even after the author has sold all of his economic interests in a work, he retains inalienable rights to prevent distortion or changes in the work, especially if they could damage his reputation. The creation is recognized as a reflection of, indeed a part of, the creator...
Mallon lists Pepys as a chronicler, one of seven categories of note takers. The others: travelers, pilgrims, creators, apologists, confessors and prisoners. To some degree these are arbitrary distinctions; the 19th century British painter Benjamin Haydon recorded his financial and artistic woes in 26 confidential volumes. As one of his last exhibitions fails, he laments, "They rush by thousands to see (Tom) Thumb. They push, they fight, they scream, they faint . . . They see my bills, my boards & don't read them." Months later he quotes King Lear, "Stretch me no longer on this tough World," and commits suicide...
Mating rituals on the college campus are reacquiring a rich patina of hypocrisy. "College students are much more conservative now than they used to be," says Lisa Birnbach, co-author of The Official Preppy Handbook and now creator of Lisa Birnbach's College Book. "There's more dating, more courtship, a return of women's 'reputations' and the good old double standard. People are still sneaking around to have sexual relations, but they don't talk about it. It's viewed as kind of'icky...