Word: natch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only change from the previous novel that I can detect in The Patriot Game is a slight mellowing--exemplified in the protagonist. Pete Riordan, a tough (natch) federal agent who's trying to figure out what's going on In Eddie Coyle and Rat on Fire, the good guys don't fight the bad guys as much as the stupid and evil guys fight the stupider and eviler Riordan, however, is a hero-- a Vietnam vet with a bum leg and cynical pride in truth, justice and the American way Heart-warming it certainly ain't in Higginsland, Bambi would...
...stay with Bond for news in the battle of the sexes, though he tends to lag a bit farther behind the times on this score. His partner in Eyes is (natch) a great beauty, but also (surprise) an archaeologist. Though Melinda (Carol Bouquet) has the annoying habit of never moving her lips when she speaks, she does contribute handsomely to the doings in of the evilsowers. And I even detected--though this may be a mistaken impression--a certain cooling of Bond's ardour for romantic digression. This may be a concession to Moore's advancing years, though...
...down in history with Mrs. Truman!' " First Lady Bess Truman had struck out when she tried to crack a champagne bottle against the nose of the C-54 U.S. Capitol in 1945. Though that plane got no kicks from champagne, this ship did. Nancy, a righty (natch), uncorked a swing with enough brut force to christen not only the Ticonderoga, but herself and a few onlookers. The scouting report on Mrs. Reagan: a good spray hitter...