Word: manneredness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In the two months that he has been Israel's Premier, Menachem Begin has proved to be something of a puzzle to the Carter Administration-and to the Arabs as well. His Likud coalition barely squeaked into power in an upset election, and Begin, a mild-mannered former underground...
But then that twisted side of the mild-mannered killer's mentality exposed itself. Why, why had he murdered? "It was a command," he said in a soft, nonaggressive voice. "I had a sign and I followed it. Sam told me what to do and I did it." Again...
This mannered little comedy of bedroom hanky-panky aspires after wickedness-the word Nabokovian is used wistfully in the dust-jacket copy-and achieves naughtiness instead. But that is enough to sustain Author Fay Weldon's fifth novel, one of those lazy summer afternoon collusions in which the writer...
It was to this fiercely proud, well-mannered community that Jimmy Carter journeyed last week for a sweltering 90 minutes of questions and answers with 1,500 of the local citizenry in the high school gymnasium. Yazoo City had turned out five more votes for Gerald Ford than for Carter...
The 247-page volume, titled Diplomatic Protocol and Practice, is available at Moscow bookstores (price: 78?). Author F.F. Molochkov does not slight the basics. "Don't forget that by your appearance and your manners you attract the attention of those around you," he advises. Among other things, he instructs...