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...Yale or Fail...
...comes from its wonderfully self-conscious adherence to the classic conventions of mystery novels. A few key red herrings are made painfully obvious, as are several crucial clues. A large, distinctive signet ring is referred to in detail three or four times; only a very slow-witted reader could fail to mark its significance. In the car after interviewing Mirry about Gavin's death, one policeman turns to his partner and asks significantly, in time-honored detective novel tradition, "I wonder how she knew [the murder weapon] was a spanner," since the precise murder weapon had not been divulged...
After more than a decade of transforming the humor of adolescent ennui and discontent into a panacea for pubescent rejects everywhere, the members of NOFX are without a doubt the pop punk veterans. Attempts at imitation have been numerous but always inevitably fail to achieve the essence that has made NOFX so successful--the band pulls off bratty infectiousness and addictive melodies without trying to impress anyone but themselves...
Your story on Jody Williams' winning the Nobel Peace Prize for her campaign to ban land mines [NATION, Oct. 20] failed to mention many of the major disadvantages of the proposed land-mine treaty. It would ban land mines, without any exceptions. But these weapons can be a small nation's first and only line of defense against a larger aggressor. Also, I fail to see how the treaty will prevent most of the deaths and injuries. A large number of land mines are planted by terrorist groups which will not be bound by a piece of paper. MEHAL SHAH...
...Even then, what can he do? ?Cruise missile attacks don?t really hurt Saddam," Thompson says. "They?re a survivable military action.? Worse still, if they fail to change Saddam?s behavior, the White House could be forced to raise the stakes by attacking the military facilities Iraq has continually denied them access to ? risking discord in the international alliance. Which is, of course, exactly what Saddam is looking for. If only he would shoot down the U-2, it would certainly expedite matters...