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...most gifted writers of his generation. "He writes the best sentences word for word, rhythm upon rhythm," wrote Norman Mailer nearly 30 years ago. The early Southern stories have the delicate tinkle of glasses of iced tea; a touch sweet, perhaps, but clean and cool. "The Headless Hawk" (1946) is set in Manhattan and offers a sketch of the author as he may have seen himself: "He was not so handsome as he supposed, but handsome all the same. For his moderate height he was excellently proportioned; his hair was dark yellow, and his delicate, rather snub-nosed face...
...sense to target the Kremlin and other Soviet command centers? That might serve to destroy Moscow's war-fighting capability, but it could also eliminate its ability to de- escalate a crisis once the shooting begins. This strategy is known as "nuclear decapitation," and Aaron likens it to "two headless chickens" in a fight...
...successes went to Ed Bosco of Ryebrook, N.Y. and Ron Diaz, of Elizabeth, N.J., who placed an egg inside a life-size, headless stuffed dummy dubbed "Buddy Homeslice." YALE UNIVERSITY...
Undergraduate volunteers manned tables in dining halls across campus and gave out literature and such anti-smoking paraphernalia as headless matches, buttons and chocolate kisses...
Encumbered towards the end of his life by a tormented body, Barthes's fantasy of self-effacement represents the supreme death wish, the desire to become "the walking paradox who draws attention to his desire not to draw attention." In its headless, anonymous authority, On Signs is a body eclectic, composed of thin tissue samples of each author's textual corpus. The selling appeal of its entire package lies in its utility. Whether looking at the applications of semiotics in the bra-manufacturing industry or delivering newly-translated (and still largely incomprehensible) canonical texts and theories of reading, the collection...