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...modern ear) make him something better. And the production seriously stumbles at a critical point in the interpretation of Shylock's position in the play's scheme of redemption. When Portia confounds Shylock by allowing him his pound of flesh but condemning him to death if an iota of blood be spilled in its excision, the reaction of the Venetians is such that it seems a cheap trick rather than a masterly example of a literalist hoist on his own petard. At this point Graziano alone expresses the vulgar view of what is going on; his taunts are, significantly...
Dunce Cap. The success of Appointment in Samarra (1934) bolstered O'Hara's self-esteem without relieving an iota of his insecurity. The novelist of the future, he protested, will take "the best of James Joyce, the best of William Faulkner, the best of Sinclair Lewis, the best of Ernest Hemingway and, naturally, the best of me." Reviewers who praised him received pathetically vulnerable letters of thanks...
...scores of political prisoners in Singapore's jails--union leaders, students, workers and intellectuals--some of whom have been there for as much as 13 years. Lee is reported to have admitted. "We have over 100 political detainees, men against whom we are unable to place even an iota of evidence." The latest mass arrests were carried out in August...
...high standards of professional integrity. Certainly my information goes back to 1953, and I know that having heard people talk about the United States Attorneys in this district. The office has a very long tradition of integrity, and I really must tell you I have not seen one iota of evidence in this situation of any improper conduct. I mean by that that it is perfectly apparent to me that when a man testified about three or four instances in which the amount of thievery was between $4000 and $6000--I have forgotten--that another $50 was not going...
...past is a criterion, you can be sure that Harvard won't budge one iota as far as offering the printers more money, because Harvard never negotiates but delivers ultimatums...