Word: detail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...land, untainted by the wretchedness of sloth and religion ("If God hadn't rested the seventh day. Maybe he would have finished the job.") So it's typical that Theroux seeks solutions to America's malaise in a way that allows him to indulge himself on the descriptions and detail of starting life in a world far away from the McDonalds's and Three's Company's that he deplores...
...historical accuracy, the event was not re-enacted in every detail. In earlier days a prohibition that prevented a commoner from touching a king-even during an emergency-meant that the barges had to carry strings of buoyant coconuts to be used as life preservers in case of an accident. Though no Thai would touch him in normal circumstances today, it is unlikely the King would be allowed to drown, and, after several practice drills down the river, the navy decided that the coconuts would not be needed...
...that's the big problem Davis's short stories make dandy reading he has a tine eye for detail, especially the little ties of behavior that signal long term, grinding animosity--but Hometown may not add up to anything more than a bundle of interesting observations. It's too much detail and too little thought--like Moby Dick with just the stuff about whales. Certainly Davis deserves much credit for digging into these people's lives and understanding them on their own terms, unlike so many outsiders in search of "the pulse of the nation. "For six years...
Yale math professor Serge Lang recently gave up a $30,000 National Science foundation summer grant because he refused to detail his activities on the so called "effort" forms reported the Yale Daily News Lang said the loss would affect only his standard of living, not his summer work...
Tommy's domain at Winter Haven is the kitchen in the clubhouse, just off the pressroom. His title is press steward. He recalls in loving detail when the Red Sox train, with reporters and maybe 40 Old Boys aboard, would leave Boston's Back Bay Station in the years after World War II. Tommy was not allowed to serve drinks in the station. But once the train started rolling, at 8 a.m. sharp, Tommy started pouring. It was a happy crowd that stepped off into the Florida sunshine at 3 o'clock the following afternoon. Spring training...