Word: modeli
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With such novels as Wise Virgin (1983) and Scandal, or Priscilla's Kindness (1984), English Author A.N. Wilson has won increasing renown as a satirist in the classic mode, a chronicler of lofty ideals and comic, mortal diminutions. His name has been mentioned in the same breath with that of Evelyn Waugh; comparisons to Barbara Pym have not been lacking. Readers aware of Wilson's reputation will naturally turn to Gentlemen in England expecting some laughs and intelligent fun. They will not be disappointed, but they may be surprised by the range of humors that arise in the course...
...Classic is likely to be an especially big hit in retirement communities that allow people to drive golf carts on public streets. In Sun City West, Ariz., Yamaha Dealer Ned Lee says, carts have become a major mode of transportation. He adds, "Here, parking lots have spaces marked just for golf carts...
...Soviet attack in sufficient numbers to pose a credible threat of retaliation. The big, three-warhead Minuteman is vulnerable to destruction in its silos. The ten- warhead MX is no answer. Though it was supposed to be mobile, the Pentagon could never come up with an acceptable basing mode. The 50 MX's that Congress has agreed to fund are to be parked in Minuteman silos, where they too could be sitting ducks...
Currently, students find that they must supplement their general courses with an additional course in women's history if they want to get a balanced picture of a historical period. One might go so far as to say that history--as it is taught in its traditional mode--ignores half of the population. Political history must, by definition, focus on men because until recently women did not have much of a political voice. However, social and economic historians who neglect women have no such excuse...
...time the reader reaches "The Real Son of The Bitch," the text has settled into a more conventional mode as it fairly faithfully follows the thoughts and desperation of a prostitute. The words settle into calmer sequences and the characters hold onto their initial identities. This narrative that has finally found its own internal logic grows stronger in the fourth and last tales, "The Tower of Glass" and "Lost and Found." The text reasserts its power, but uses the power to defy and oppress the reader rather than to transmit the author's ideas...