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...fell back on complimenting his irony. But irony is not what Hannah is up to. Irony is simply juxtapositioning opposites--a false stance adopted by too many poor writers. It is a higher form of advertising; one flashes on garbage and someone says, "Nice day for a picnic, dear." It is the last bastion of the ineloquent and the terminally stupid. Only Hannah can get away with a line in a love story like "I want to sleep in her uterus with my foot hanging...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Sabres, Gentlemen, Sabres | 2/24/1981 | See Source »

...statistics to her, rather than individuals. When an interviewer recently pressed her about a seeming lack of sympathy, Thatcher replied sharply, "It's like a nurse looking after an ill patient. Which is the better nurse ?the one who smothers the patient with sympathy and says, 'Never mind, dear. Just lie back. I'll look after you.' Or the one who says, 'Now, come on. Shake out of it. I know you had an operation yesterday. It's time you put your feet to the ground and took a few steps.' Which do you think is the better nurse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Embattled but Unbowed | 2/16/1981 | See Source »

...actual release, noted Dorothea Morefield of San Diego, whose husband is consul general of the captive U.S. embassy: "Everybody's walking around with their fingers crossed." Said Susan Cooke of Memphis about her hostage son Donald: "I just want to grab him and hang on for dear life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hostage Breakthrough | 1/26/1981 | See Source »

...Dear Abby: Is it possible for a man to be in love with two women at the same time? Jake

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Homespun Zaps and Zingers | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

...Dear Jake: Yes. And also hazardous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Homespun Zaps and Zingers | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

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