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...would spit in his face, if I could but see him." Memories of his past have obviously obsessed Roth for most of his adult life, but he no longer seems willing -- as he did so memorably in Call It Sleep -- to let his readers experience and savor them firsthand. Perhaps when later volumes of Ira's story appear, the place of this first long chapter in the grand design will be clearer. For now, the book may strike all too many expectant Roth fans as an invitation to fall asleep...
...know firsthand how hard and how devotedly and sincerely the staff functioned--way beyond the call of ordinary employees--a truly extraordinary group who gave freely of their time and knowledge and, most importantly, were able to inspire others and command respect...
Montignac knows about weight problems firsthand. After losing his job with an American drug company in 1986, he was at loose ends. Having trimmed down from a high of 200 lbs. to 165 lbs. while reading some 300 diet books, the 5 ft. 8 in. Montignac decided to write his own. Targeting his fellow expense- account-habitues, he titled his book Dine Out and Lose Weight and published it himself. Its word-of-mouth success -- 500,000 copies sold, without advertising -- led to three sequels, and Montignac was launched...
...sitcom Cafe Americain is, or how sappy Barbara Walters' interviews are, or the creepiness of Michael Jackson's music videos. Could I turn on the VCR, pluck out some telling snippets, then use those clips as video "quotes" to illustrate my criticisms? No, I could not, as I discovered firsthand, again and again, in the course of producing three specials for two different networks between 1990 and 1992. Although fair use theoretically applies to television just as it does to magazines and newspapers, as a practical matter it exists intermittently at best in broadcasting...
...people are ignorant about people of color, gay and lesbian people, or whatever. These groups feel like they are marginalized. It's more than validation for certain groups. It's validation for the whole of society rather than just some part of it." Many distinguished scholars, however, see firsthand evidence that the p.c. and multicultural movements are leading to a more general separatism, a fragmentation of the centrist consensus that built America. To study anyone's culture but one's own -- unless one is white, in which case it is necessary to learn about the oppressed others -- is to commit...