Word: importantally
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Bellow gives considerable space to descriptions of Clara's ex-husbands who never appear in the story. These characterizations are entertaining but do little to enhance our understanding of the important characters. One of the main characters, the au pair girl's boyfriend, is never introduced in person. This technique...
The only part of the book that Bellow develops fully is Clara's character. Her name says it all: She is a combination of a naive, good-mannered, rural woman (Clara) and a lustful, svelte, executive yuppie (Velde). Bellow actually addresses the reader, as if to say that Clara, and...
`Important Person'
Because it's been so conducive to whites like Duke, the Republican Party has garnered little backing among the Black community, a group which has given no more than 12 percent of its votes to recent Republican presidential candidates. As head of the G.O.P., Atwater should not hold a position...
And all Americans stand to gain from the achievement of a well-integrated polity. Such a goal is important for a country which purports to grant equal protection to all races, religions and creeds.