Word: nothingness
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Taking up the narrative with his return to the U.S., Kennan allows his wit to twinkle. California reminds him "of the popular American Protestant concept of heaven: there is always a reasonable flow of new arrivals; one meets many -- not all -- of one's friends . . . and the newcomer is slightly...
The authors maintain that there is nothing wrong with a little irrationality now and then, so long as it is kept within certain bounds. Even an occasional show of anger can be a sign of respect, but be sure to pick on someone your own size, or larger. No kicking...
Who will succeed him? The leading Mr. Clean is Masayoshi Ito, 75, an elder statesman of the L.D.P. with a reputation for integrity. Among the five bickering factions that make up the L.D.P., he is the consensus choice, at least as a caretaker. But Ito, who is in poor health...
Ultimately, the sense of conditional freedom illuminates all his best work, which is to say nearly everything in this book. Oddly enough, given his Oxford education and bookish life, Larkin was one of the century's greatest pastoral poets. "At Grass" (about retired racehorses) and "First Sight" (about winter-born...
Golfing's increasing popularity, however, may drive it into the rough. "I see a trend toward people without sufficient education about the game of golf who have little respect for it or for other people on the course," says Dean Lind, the golf pro who operates the municipal course in...