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...perspective--that there's no objective reality, really. Nabokov was writing in 1956, just before the film form called cinema verité proved that even truth-seeking documentaries could have a social agenda and decades before shows like The Real World, Survivor and Big Brother made "reality TV" a phrase that is meaningless without sarcasm. Today, with reality programs using scriptwriters and dramas going for that realistic shaky-cam vibe, the whole medium seems to be seeking a plausible fictional reality. Call it faux verit?...
...fight for independence. Our defense of freedom everywhere. Our shame over Indian wars, slavery and bigotry. Our pride in battle victories, commercial success and world leadership. But the Preamble to our Constitution sets the tone that makes us unique: "... in order to form a more perfect union." This simple phrase helps Americans recognize our achievements, our imperfections and our constitutional commitment to improve. We are not perfect. But we keep working at it. Bill Hayes, HARTLAND...
...simplicity of a police artist's pencil. They were the skungiest bunch of biker types and overfed beef this side of Meat Loaf. In this high-priced age of media sports, a team has to have sex appeal, charisma and watchability, and the Phillies fill the bill. If the phrase ''winning ugly'' had a face, it would belong to left fielder Pete Incaviglia, who thunders toward a pop fly and doesn't catch it so much as consume it. If ugly had an attitude, it would belong to center fielder and team firebrand Lenny (''Nails'') Dykstra, the Dead...
...House speechwriter. In any case, this Benchley's latest effort contains some memorable slapstick. When Burnham splits his pants on the way to his first audience with the President, he solves the problem with his desktop stapler, leading to some hilariously complicated results. And the novel offers an impudent phrase or two. A pair of White House aides in a hallway ''looked at each other's shoes, the way important people always do when they exchange profundities on the hoof.'' Burnham's fellow atom-secret keepers, he explains, are into ''research, development and construction of the flatware for the Last...
...them was soft-porn Film Starlet Koo Stark. Now Andrew, 26, who is to wed Sarah Ferguson next month, is polishing his image. In a fund-raising speech before a group of London businessmen last week, Andrew decried loose morals. Said he: ''Moral pollution may well be a strong phrase to use, but I feel that it is justified, particularly when you look at the amount of gratuitous violence purveyed on television and in the name of entertainment.'' Andrew also excoriated drug and alcohol abuse. The message was royally received: the prince won a standing ovation...