Word: detailing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Walter Mondale prepared to end his long march to the presidential nomination at last week's Democratic Convention, he and his staff left no detail, large or small, to chance. Yet no planner can manufacture drama and passion, and the Democrats' four-day spectacular in San Francisco surprised everybody with its abundance of both. From New York Governor Mario Cuomo's poignant evocation of the party's melting-pot past to Jesse Jackson's sweaty, moving, 51-minute tour de force to Geraldine Ferraro's winning performance in her unaccustomed role as history maker...
...gold medals in the long jump, the 100, the 200 and the relay, Lewis is favored in the same four events. Amid the bedlam of track's athletic circus, only he makes everything else come to a stop. His body is hard, like mahogany, but carved in unusually clear detail, including ropelike muscular definition. He is full-faced, rather babyfaced, but otherwise trim: 6 ft. 2 in., 173 Ibs. As a 100-meter sprinter, Lewis has registered the third-fastest time ever, 9.97 sec. In the 200 he is the second-fastest man in history and gaining. He holds...
...have used marijuana, but I never said I smoked it. I just put a little on my buckwheat pancakes every morning. They bought it. Even Abbie Hoffman--who was still a fugitive at the time--gave an interview at a local radio station and discussed the incident in detail, swallowing Lee's story verbatim. That is the kind of story that should be played for laughs and Lee does it well. Even better are his endless tales of the clubhouse cutting up ballplayers engage in to break the tension...
Part of the problem is that Strouse's narrative is oddly impersonal Despite direct quotations and a fair amount of detail, the subject remains distant. Too often Strouse does not successfully relate information about the Civil War, women's rights, or the history of nervous diseases to Alice's own experience. In the end, one feels one knows about Alice James, but one does not really know...
Santmyer has not played much of a tune on that instrument, but her honest attempt is remarkable for its attention to detail-and, of course, its longevity. One suspects, considering the circus surrounding the book, that it is the publisher who has oversold the song and dance...