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...Georgia native typically slips into the manner of a practiced but informal public speaker, adopting a rock-steady, straight-ahead gaze when thinking--he never loses his train of thought. And not far from sight is a disarming grin, shot through with the confidence imparted by youthful success and good schooling...
...decrepit U.S. veterans hospital in Born on the Fourth of July. In a forgotten corner of Ha Bac province, about 40 miles from Hanoi, 200 Vietnamese army veterans, many paralyzed from the waist down, eke out their lives in a primitive government shelter. Tucked away from the nation's gaze, they are among more than 10,000 severely wounded veterans from the four wars Vietnam has fought since 1945. An additional 300,000 disabled soldiers are scattered throughout Vietnam, doing the best they can without the help of the government. In wheelchairs, the ex- soldiers at Ha Bac move quietly...
...suggesting that we abolish spring formals. All you hand-fondling, back-massaging, emotionally adjusted gaze-into-each-other's-eyes couples--please, go spend lots of money and dance to music I can't comprehend. But please don't invite me when you know I can't get a date and then act surprised when you find out that I already know what courses I'm taking next fall...
...sculptures, especially a white marble bust by Hiram Powers titled "America." This work seems to embody the character of American art and the spirit of the exhibit. The woman Powers sculpts is proud. She stares ahead with calm eyes and quiet strength. Her features are not delicate; her steady gaze demands our respect...
...past, Roth does it with the literary equivalent of fun-house mirrors. The Roth-like character in Deception is a distortion of Roth, the man in the book-jacket photo whose intense gaze can penetrate 18 inches of solid Philistine. Readers attempting to nail the real Roth end up with a tinkling of broken images...