Word: detailism
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...their book--which is written in alternating chapters, a lovely duet--the couple notably break the code against frankness about sex, describing in detail their sojourns through the bedrooms of New York. "Sex before marriage remained vaguely illicit for members of my generation," writes Kaplan. "This gave it an extra thrill--the thrill of 'sneaky sex.' We were cat burglars of pleasure." However, their sexual adventurousness ended at the altar, the couple say: their long marriage has been monogamous...
...wants to send Jason and Marie skittering around Europe. But the locales are wintry and attractive, and the director, Doug Liman, has a nice gift not just for your standard car chases but also for potentially deadly and seemingly unpremeditated surprises. We won't spoil them with too much detail. Just remember that a peaceful-looking countryside offers many places in which a guy with a high-powered rifle can take cover...
...When I Was a Young Man starts and finishes with chapters that detail Kerrey's discharge of a promise he made to his dying father?that he would discover how his father's brother died in World War II. This, he says, is the story he wanted to tell. But quickly the book turns to another story and another sort of search?one in which the author tries to come to terms with who he is, and how he managed to do some terrible things. It is a distinguished example of that classic American genre, the tale of lost innocence...
...commencement addresses at large universities to speak to a graduating class of 12 high school seniors in Hecla, S.D., a tiny town near the North Dakota border--a shrewd political gesture that got him major newspaper play in the state. But Daschle, who has had a beefed-up security detail since Sept. 11, is seething over being targeted by the G.O.P., believing it's partly responsible for threats he continues to receive. Newspaper ads have depicted him side by side with Iraq's dictator. "When they compare me to Saddam Hussein, I don't know how much more negative...
FIGHT, FLIGHT OR FRIGHT The senses become hyperalert, drinking in every detail of the surroundings and looking for potential new threats. Adrenaline shoots to the muscles, preparing the body to fight or flee...