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...that of a host toward a now unwanted guest whose invitation to dinner it would be too awkward to withdraw. Some prominent Europeans purport to see in the missiles' presence a hidden American design to confine a nuclear war to Europe. Others treat them as one of those peculiar American aberrations that periodically upset the alliance's equilibrium. Too few recognize, and even fewer are willing to admit, that in fact the missiles link the strategic nuclear defense of Europe and the U.S. Weapons capable of reaching Soviet territory stake the American homeland to the defense of Europe; they...
...plunge into Morley's peculiar oeuvre with a painting that presents his dislocations at full stretch: Age of Catastrophe, 1976. It shows an accident that never happened. A liner on the Atlantic run is warping out of port. Its hull is literally "warped," the perspective skewed and twisty. An airliner seems to have crashed on it, an old Pan Am Constellation of the sort that went out of service decades ago. But the scale is all wrong: the plane is too big for the boat, and it looks more like an effigy stuck to the painting. In fact, Morley...
...premise of the story is unusual, and if the lives of his characters are more eventful than our own. McGinley realistically conveys their reactions to their own peculiar situation...
...That has reinforced complacency concerning the particular and peculiar plight of Black America today," he added...
...once the contest got started, peculiar officiating stood out as yet another bizarre factor. Luckily for Harvard, the game was called the same way on both sides. Well, sort of. Pat Smith, Carrabino, and Bob Ferry all got whistled for walking in the first few minutes of the contest. Arne Duncan was charged with two fouls before 10 minutes had elapsed...