Word: lesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vanishing way of life. The Wanting of Levine, by contrast, takes on no such broad sociological theme. A.L. Levine's odyssey is an intensely personal one, the maturing of a fascinating character who happens to be Jewish and happens to be a politician and happens to be enormously successful. Less ambitious in scope than O'Connor's book, it is no less fascinating...
...this is visible to observers from all the worlds of our planet. The Western way of life is less and less likely to become the leading model...
...Yale--fourth and 12 with less than a minute to go--the tight end cut over the middle--the clutch reception at the 14 yard line--the Mike Lynch field goal seconds later...
...Lipsey and Steiner book costs $14.95, one dollar less than the Samuelson book. The corresponding workbook costs $4.95, two dollars less than the Samuelson workbook...
...which is a fancy way of saying that Levine manages to say a lot about the role of ethnic groups in politics, especially at a time when the conventional melting-pot wisdom has it that ethnic differences are growing ever less important as a political force. Indeed, it's tempting to compare Levine to Frank Skeffington, the endearingly roguish Irish political boss who cheerfully dominates everyone around him in Edwin O'Connor's classic The Last Hurrah. On the surface, it works. Like Skeffington, Levine has an acute awareness of his culture, and uses it to full advantage--although...