Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Everything has been in a state of quiet," said one graduate student...
...Everything has been in a state of quiet," said one graduate student...
...Mend it, don't end it" approach Clinton announced last summer--a fairly gutsy and clear exception to his lunge to the right on social issues. Clinton doesn't want to highlight this uncharacteristic deviation from the center, which is why he chose to announce these rules with quiet word from the Justice Department, not the Saturday radio address he has been using for his social-issue soliloquies...
Michael isn't alone in apparently equating slowness with wisdom. Richie's first new album in 10 years is also a rather slumberous affair, one whose title, Louder than Words, belies its content. This is a soft, quiet album. The first song, Piece of Love, does have a deep, engaging bass groove, but few moments on this CD--except the wonderful cascade of jazz that closes out the song Lovers at First Sight--really hook us. The talented Richie can do more--remember Easy and Three Times a Lady? Those songs were slow too, but they had a casual charm...
McInerney's acuteness as a social critic remains intact (a late '70s dinner party is said to have taken place "just before spaghetti became pasta"), as does his occasionally tart way with language. Impressive too is the quiet way in which Patrick, the narrator, finally comes to terms with his conflicting drives. There is a surprising modesty here at the end of this clamorous and overreaching book, a frank conservatism that is close to daring in a work of contemporary fiction...