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...response, Zuckerman takes a dim view of such passages: "Look, anything is better than My Ex-Wife the Bitch -- I just cannot read that stuff." Other complaints pour forth: "This manuscript is steeped in the nice-guy side . . . Where's the anger . . . And where's the hubris, by the way?" The answer, of course, is that they are all here, if not conveyed by Roth directly then underlined afterward by his fictional counterpart. Despite its sincere attempt to set the record straight, The Facts inevitably shades into fiction. Roth is worth reading not for what happened...
...bring all the warm garments you can find--wool hat, ear muffs, ski mask, long underwear, electric blanket. And, still, you are cold. You bring all the warm drinks you can pour into thermoses--hot chocolate, coffee. You tuck a pint of something your mother would be ashamed of you for drinking into your coat pocket. You take a swig. And, still, you are cold...
Transportation experts generally agree that in most cases a huge highway- building program is not the answer. "We cannot pour asphalt and concrete on the ground fast enough, and in the face of today's political and social environment, I am not sure that people would accept it," says Robert Farris, chief of the Federal Highway Administration. As a practical matter, the cost of buying up suburban houses worth at least $250,000 apiece for a right-of-way would be prohibitive...
...rules as well. Even if Massachusetts keeps to a very tight schedule on its plans to upgrade sewage treatment, Boston will not be brought into compliance with the Clean Water Act until 1999 -- 22 years after the law's deadline. Meanwhile, the half a billion gallons of sewage that pour into Boston Harbor every day receive treatment that is rudimentary at best...
That will be little consolation for the farmers whose crops have been wiped out. Responding to their plight, Washington is rushing to pour money where too little water has fallen. A pair of drought-relief bills designed to distribute at least $7 billion is moving through Congress. Farmers who lose more than 35% of their normal crop would be reimbursed for 65% of their lost revenues. A ceiling of $100,000 would be put on the disaster benefits so that large corporate farms would not benefit disproportionately from the legislation. Drought relief has the full support of President Reagan...