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...everything in its midst; a riot, a scream. Sometimes (rarely) Nixon laughs aloud. The gunshot laugh, the "Ha!" It is what Beckett designated as the risus purus: the laugh laughing at itself in the abysmal farce, in which every part is deadly ridiculous, every line as funny as a crutch...
...prolonged decline of the dollar eventually reduces imports, the side effects will be unpleasant. One is higher inflation: as foreign products become more expensive, many U.S. manufacturers will jump at the opportunity to raise their prices too. A big danger is that the weak dollar will become a crutch for U.S. companies, undermining their incentive to become more efficient and hold prices down. Beyond that, the bargain-basement dollar, together with lower prices on Wall Street, may make U.S. industry increasingly vulnerable to takeovers by foreign buyers...
...unique among black comedians of the time (such as Dick Gregory and Godfrey Cambridge) in not using race as a subject. That was not always the case, however. "Racial humor was about 35% of my act when I first started," recalls Cosby. "But I realized that it was a crutch. What brought it home was when another comedian said to me, 'If you changed color tomorrow, you wouldn't have any material.' He meant it as a put-down, but I took it as a challenge." Ever since, a color-blind approach has been a basic tenet of Cosby...
...walking around with a bunch of numbers on your wrist and they get the idea that maybe you couldn't tell time otherwise. Never got the hang of it in school. Like reading with your finger tracing the words, guiding your eye. Who wants to be seen carrying a crutch on his wrist...
Without the music to add complexitv and depth, an aural crutch suggesting richer emotion is gone. With the words on paper, without Dylan's raspy slur to disguise them, they can sometimes seem quite forced...