Word: drawning
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Washington, where Sheehan first encounters him. Here is where Sheehan begins his book, subtly tying each new detail into a larger pattern which leads to the inescapable conclusion that the Navy did only what it had to do. The psychological pressures which shape the crew's conduct are expertly drawn by Sheehan; the final result is that the reader is believing the unbelievable. Within the web of Arnheiter's madness, events assume truly unrealistic proportions--it is to Sheehan's credit that he is able to return the reader to the realization that all this really happened without destroying...
...Court ruling, which still seems to embody a moral imperative as well as sound logic, even though many blacks themselves are disillusioned by the idea of integrated education. But given the country's mood, integration will obviously not be brought about by massive busing. Draft legislation has been drawn up by Bickel and North Carolina Congressman Richardson Preyer that would allow one-way busing -ghetto to suburbs-or permit students to transfer as part of a national plan to end segregated schools...
Unfortunately, the report immodestly begins each major section with a Nixon quotation, and arrogantly dismisses the foreign policy of previous Administrations. Before Nixon came along, the U.S. was either "drawn into situations, responding tactically, without a clear perception of where we would end up," or failed to take bold steps of its own because "we had no positive conception of where we wanted to go." But under Nixon, "the United States is once again acting with assurance and purpose on the world stage...
Then began Irving's intricately orchestrated moves, drawn out over the next ten months, to make the project seem authentic. McGraw-Hill editors received calls from various points -Mexico, Puerto Rico, Miami and other cities-where Irving reported his progress with Hughes. Irving said that he first met Hughes at 7 a.m. on Feb. 13 on a mountaintop in Oaxaca, Mexico. He reported that he had signed a letter of agreement with Hughes in San Juan on March 4. He brought the forged document to New York, and on March 23 signed with McGraw-Hill a contract providing...
...York chronicle of a businessman-idealist and an artist-opportunist. It is narrated by a cartoonist. With great pride, Irving quotes Poet Robert Graves as calling it "the best short novel I have read in 20 years." That is by far the most extravagant praise his works have ever drawn. His next book, The Valley, was an adult western published in 1961. In 1966 came The Thirty-Eighth Floor, about an American black who becomes acting U.N. Secretary-General. The reviews were tepid or nonexistent...