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But even gossip can be interesting if presented in a lively and humorous style. Ehrlichman, however, writes as if his imagination were chained to a post. His plodding exposition is replace with mixed metaphors, clichers, and spelling errors--its only humor is bitter and sarcastic. A sample of the Ehrlichman...

Author: By Chuck Lane, | Title: Blind Repetition | 2/23/1982 | See Source »

From the first scene in Part I, in which members of the audience are handed tasty scones, courtesy of the United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin (and Crumpet) & Punctual Delivery Company, to the emotionally devastating finale of Part II, a riot of incident fills every corner of the stage. Dialogue scenes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Dickens of a Show: NICOLAS NICKELBY | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

Ice cream is American by right of conquest, however. George Washington owned a gadget for making ice cream. Thomas Jefferson loved it. An American woman named Nancy Johnson invented the hand-cranked, rock salt-and-ice freezer in 1846, although she neglected to patent the machine. Robert M. Green, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ice Cream: They All Scream for It | 8/10/1981 | See Source »

The exposition, quiet as a Sunday-school teacher's lesson, is over. The storyteller, in the fullness of his craft, has struck, and the spell is on, as surely as it was when Homer conjured up a fleet of ships on a wine-dark sea bound for the walls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Maine: Storytellers Cast Their Ancient Spell | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

"We want to have a well-reasoned, well-written exposition of our viewpoint." Quist said. "It will be something more than seeing William Buckley once every three months on the t.v.," he added.

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Conservative Fund Drive Underway | 7/17/1981 | See Source »

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