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...preposterously caricature his chosen subjects. “The year’s prevailing college creole,” he writes, is something called “Fuck Patois,” a language centered around—you guessed it—that most descriptive of four-letter words. Wolfe does get it right here, at least initially; college students swear an awful lot, and create new and intricate forms of words that used to only have a few. But he gets too giddy when he includes the telltale word seventeen times in a half-page of dialogue...
...alluded to John Adams’ letter to his wife Abigail stating a need for “a revolution in the hearts of the people”—a movement for change equal to those for civil rights and against the Vietnam...
...Health and Safety inspections are a great way for us to make sure we are following, to the letter of the law, health standards,” Martin said...
University President Lawrence H. Summers wrote in a letter to gay alums last December that “the Solomon Amendment as interpreted and enforced is bad public policy.” But he resisted a petition by law professors calling on Harvard to file suit against the Pentagon...
...holiday season is a chance to bring attention to a population that is usually ignored by the public and politicians,” she said. She said a letter-writing table offered people the opportunity to contact their representatives—but some of the homeless were disappointed that only a few legislators attended the event, though many were invited...