Word: manifeste
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...Bible abhors it. Dr. Johnson inveighs against it. French Philosopher Roland Barthes considers it "murder by language." Even Ann Landers speaks out in opposition. But Patricia Meyer Spacks disagrees. Gossip, she believes, is good for you: "It may manifest malice, it may promulgate fiction in the guise of fact, but its participants do not value it for such reasons; they cherish, rather, the opportunity it affords for 'emotional speculation...
Hersey does not drum up any pious conclusions about the saintliness of humble work. There are some obvious parallels between American evangelism and the politics of Manifest Destiny. With some skillful prodding, the documents and , memories he has rescued from obscurity speak for themselves. Treadup's disillusionment achieves a rare authenticity because it is earned on every page. And that makes Hersey's slow book to China worth every word...
...great man-but a bratty boy only a child psychologist could love, for $100 an hour. What one imagines could be superlative acting seems almost pretentious, as If any five minute scene were the screen lost and hence models every emotional permutation. For all his stage presence and manifest dramatic range, Sullivan does not let us sympathize with the prince. Were one to call for a division of the House which Sullivan asks, "To be or not to be?" the outcome would be unclear...
...MANIFEST DESTINY. The Land of Opportunity. California or Bust...
...resurgence of the stolen base in baseball over the last ten years is manifest. Speed merchants like Lou Brock, Willie Wilson, Tim Raines and Rickey Henderson have changed the game Try to name the pair of players who have combined for the greatest number of stolen bases in a single season for the same team. Take five points for each half of the fleet-footed combination...