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When the full extent of the Holocaust became generally known after the end of World War II, the thought that its horror was too monstrous to write about in the conventional fictional forms slipped into the conversations of literary intellectuals. Fiction implies maneuver - heroic activity, moral preachment, even softening sentiment, all of which gestures seem trivial and inappropriate in the context of unprecedented, and in some sense inexplicable, evil. Putting the point simply, it is impossible to think of a novel, play or film that conveys the full effect of the Nazi genocide. The works that abide - Anne Frank...
Cameron, Carl •extent to which Palin's ignorance stunned McCain's aides is revealed...
...Voters will probably groan with another four weeks of this," Bullock says. "And to some extent they won't go back to the polls. That's going to be the real first test for Obama, to see whether he can mobilize voters when he is not on the ballot. After all, he will have to do the same thing in 2010 to be sure he can hold onto and expand Democratic seats in the House and Senate. We know there's an Obama effect when he's on the ballot, but when he's not, is it transferable...
...full extent of the paper’s financial condition will not be known until after all of the donations solicited by this month’s appeal have been received...
...normal times, getting an Infrastructure Bank through Congress would be impossible. "It is a direct threat to their way of life," says Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute. "It changes the dynamic of how you deal with earmarks," by taking the decision-making, and to some extent the credit, away from politicians. "I know one huge ally Obama would have on this," Ornstein adds with a laugh. "John McCain...