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Hammett wrote for people with a sharp, aggressive attitude toward life. They were not afraid of the seamy side of things; they lived there. Violence did not dismay them; it was right down their street. Hammett gave murder back to the kind of people that commit it for reasons, not just to provide a corpse and with the means at hand, not hand-wrought dueling pistols, curare and tropical fish. He put these people down on paper as they were and he made them talk and think in the language they customarily used for these purposes. He wrote scenes that...
...news agency Reuters were expelled and their bureau branded "a center of conspiracy against the Islamic revolution," leaving the Italian and French as the only major Western news agencies in Iran. The mullahs also remain wary of Banisadr's lingering influence with the army. Amid rumors of military dismay over the mounting chaos, Khomeini ordered a tough new purge of "deviating elements" among the troops. "Any leniency," he said, "will be like showing mercy to a sharp-toothed tiger...
...anti-Soviet attitude of the Reagan Administration is causing dismay in the Kremlin. During a two-week visit to the U.S.S.R., TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott talked with many Soviet officials about the new U.S. position. A summary of their views...
Much to the dismay of Timerman's advocates, many leaders of Argentina's 350,000-member Jewish community disagreed with his warning that a new Holocaust may be in the making there. Said Mario Gorenstein, president of the Delegation of Jewish Associations of Argentina, in a pointed reference to Timerman: "We don't seek to have publicity spectaculars." Other Argentine Jews suggested that Timerman has exaggerated their plight under the junta, thus making things worse for them. Following the lead of Argentine Jewry, influential U.S. Jewish leaders have downplayed the bombings of synagogues, the proliferation of virulent...
Mitterrand's nationalization plans have not caused nearly as much dismay in business circles as his talk of restructuring France's current trade patterns, reports TIME Correspondent William Blaylock. The new President proposes, for example, to protect French industries and reduce imports by reinforcing trade restrictions against Japan. That could ultimately disrupt relations with France's other traditional trading partners and even jeopardize its commitment to the European Community...