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...newcomer, the text is enlivened at every turn by all the familiar props of the Hughes voice -- the mischievous erudition (translating a Latin motto as "Far down! Far out!"), the rococo diction ("fribblers" and "cutpurses" abound) and the Augustan bite (asides that wither "the mingy veneering of today's 'lite' architecture"). Beneath the virile lucidity of the prose, however, is a subtle and sensitive mind that can lead the reader, patiently, into complexity: "In Gaudi one sees flourishing the egotism achieved by those who think they have stepped beyond the bounds of the mere ego and identified themselves with nature...
Common sense and calorie consciousness have put a dent in beer sales. Miller Time gave way to near beer, lite beer, then dry beer. Next: tap water with a side order of organically grown hops...
...their final destination at the John Harvard statue, the group entered into a rivalry reminscent of a Miller Lite advertisement, alternately yelling "Tick" and "Tock." A crowd of approximately 25 amazed and intrigued students followed the group to the front of University Hall...
Mythologist Joseph Campbell loved Dead shows. So does my best friend's father. I went to all six shows. My roommate made four. (My other roommate refused to even think about going to one. He told me when I go see Dee Lite, he'll go to The Dead...
...with breezy assurance. One week Brenda's big problem is a stray mutt she has brought home that keeps the family awake with its barking. The next week she has to pay her first visit to a gynecologist when she thinks she is pregnant. Call it "After School Special Lite...