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Expository writing does not inspire such necessary confidence. I walked in there an innocent with faint dreams of being a writer and I slid out a quivering lump that grew queasy at the sight of a pencil. I wasn't alone in my shame--others in my section and in other sections found their illusions of talent dissolved into thin...
...remains circumscribed by his career as a televangelist. The limits of his appeal were apparent last Friday, when he stunned the G.O.P. Western Conference in Seattle by referring to Bush as a "whiny loser" and later attacked Reagan for negotiating with the Soviet Union. Applause for such remarks was faint and scattered...
...search for a standard-bearer has lately produced a new faint rumbling on the right: Viva Kirkpatrick! In Managua last week, that cry greeted the only American to have a contra brigade named after her. When Jeane Kirkpatrick arrived to address a reception on the grounds of the U.S. embassy, she was met by a wildly enthusiastic crowd of more than 1,000, many waving small U.S. flags. "It was almost as if she were running for office," said one who attended. "Like the presidency of Nicaragua...
...Cambridge. He lived in a rent controled, Harvard-owned apartment until the University sold the place to a faculty member. Since it was then owner-occupied, the rent tripled and Tom had to retreat to Brookline. Touring the streets of his urban gallery, Tom greets HRE trucks with a faint call, "Hey there, remember...
...Woodward asked. Casey's faint reply: "I believed...