Word: namelessness
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Franz Kafka's classic novel The Trial (1925) is the surreal story of Joseph K., a man who is accused of nameless charges that can never be fully refuted and about which he can get no firm information. The Clinton White House seems to feel it is in a similar predicament...
Sometimes the little things tell a story best; in this case, the first story is about Harvard's less-than-convivial spirit. Until recently, pinball was a relatively popular past-time in a River House which shall remain nameless. But the arrival of a new game heralded perpetual crowds and a lengthy waiting-list. The machine broke down after two days from the strain of overuse. The game? You guessed it, "Star Trek: The Next Generation...
Once the fires were out and the electricity was back on, the residents of Los Angeles spoke of both terror and gratitude. Unlike other disasters of more nameless suffering, each death could be counted and mourned. A 20-year-old man died after the power failure cut off his hospital respirator. Another died in a fall from a sixth-floor window of a downtown hotel. Then again, what if it had come three hours later? What if it had not been a holiday...
Instead, it creates the curious impression that its actors worked against a blue screen projecting handsome views of a nameless Pacific Northwest city (actually Vancouver) and glamorous life-styles. They never seem to be in touch with their environment, their ostensible professions or, for that matter, one another...
...cars, which either do or do not blow up when they turn on the ignition. They also talk on the phone quite a bit, usually in darkly lighted rooms, to callers who are not entirely forthcoming in their messages. From time to time, they are chased by nameless people who are boringly expert at dealing out sudden death...