Word: dosing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lessing extracts a good dose of macabre humor from the dreariness of this household and the deluded egotism of its inhabitants. Jasper's manner as a public speaker, seen through the clammy mist of Alice's adoration, yields an acid portrait: "His style was to use the familiar phrases of the socialist ) lexicon, but as though he had only just that moment discovered them, so that when he began, there was often a moment when people showed a tendency to laugh." But it becomes increasingly difficult to care about Alice and her confederates. They are looking for trouble...
There is, of course, a hefty dose of down-on-the-farm skepticism. "Publicity," scoffed Illinois Corn Farmer Richard Layden. "That's all it is. And more for the performers than the farmers." Still, Farm Aid may be the one bright spot in what is shaping up to be a brutal year in the fields. Bumper crops will probably depress prices to record lows. As Willie says in a song composed for Farm Aid, "When you are farming for a living/ You make your money from the ground/ You take it to the bankers/ And there ain't enough...
This year's tourney looks to draw a similarly talented field, and will give the Cantabs a heavy dose of stiff national competition
...world over, eating out can be grim and costly. "The food in the Black Sea resorts is much worse and more expensive than in any of the restaurants in Moscow," complained one young woman. Despite indigestion and inflation, she and millions of others will continue to return for another dose of sunshine, sea air and the guaranteed right to rest...
This year's tourney looks to draw a similarly talented field, and will give the Cantabs a heavy dose of stiff national competition