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...August 75. Surrounded by 600-odd party leaders at the Kuomintang's Tenth National Congress, Chiang himself sounded the keynote for "overall reform." The President, although as lean and ascetic as ever, must by now know that his dream of a return to the mainland is a hopeless chimera. Indeed, for the past two years the Generalissimo has told his people that the struggle against Mao's regime must be political rather than military. In such a contest he obviously needs a revitalized, rejuvenated party, one that not only presents an attractive image abroad but that can also...
With two out and Hurley on first, Harvard's fortunes appeared hopeless. But B.C. pitcher Jim Curley walked Dan DeMichele and Pete Varney on nine pitches to load the bases...
Neither Tony nor his family would quit. His mother said novenas to St. Jude (patron saint of hopeless cases). His father offered his eyes for transplants. The experts sadly shook their heads. Tony was through, they said. The force of the blow had punched a tiny hole in his retina, thus causing a loss of depth perception, a hitter's most valuable asset. Tony still insisted on going to spring training last year, but his performance only confirmed the medical diagnosis. In batting practice he missed pitches by a full foot. In exhibition games he struck out constantly. Finally...
...diseases. Homosexuality had not yet achieved the modern status as a Third Sex International. It was still the love that dared not speak its name. A succession of handsome, brilliant boys haunted his imagination and became recipients of the best of his wonderfully funny letters; those who stirred his hopeless love were unaware of the nature of his affection (only crossed-out but still intelligible passages in his private diaries betrayed the truth...
...water, Edelstein takes off from the immediate action to create a light-blasted wasteland of sexuality--a world in which the freely swimming girls are unapproachable. The sequence completely explains his male characters' inability to act decisively: in such a world, the world of their objectified emotions, action is hopeless...