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...Those who have crossed him learn all too late that he is an infighter who can hold his own in any political company and a far more complex personality than appearances suggest. House Speaker Tip O'Neill has dubbed him Hannibal, a tribute to this invader's rapid political conquests...
Lunatics with apocalyptic visions can be wearisome. Thanks to Percy's inventiveness and rapid pacing, Lancelot is not. In fact, he often sounds like a man playing out a symphony of Dostoyevskian experiences on a kazoo: "Did you know that the South and for all I know the entire U.S.A. is full of demonic women who, driven by as yet unnamed furies, are desperately restoring and preserving places, buildings?" He tosses off witty remarks about the vacuities of Hollywood and about the strange things that occur when the film crew sets up in his town: "What was nutty...
...study identifies increased sales prices, mortgages and interest payments, taxes and utilities as well as a record increase in the number of potential homeowners as major reasons for the rapid increase in homeowning costs...
...deep roots of values and beliefs that kept us through the difficult ups and downs of history. We emerged into the modern world with a deep sense of identity and with an accumulation of human beliefs and experiences that are helping us to face the process of rapid modernization. We have to achieve in days what you achieved in years, because many centuries have passed while we were suffering from retardation, stagnation and foreign domination...
Perhaps the most powerful sign of how badly Gardner has miscalculated is the belief that a reconciliation between Thomas and Grodin constitutes a happy ending. In fact, their dismal marriage makes the best argument yet for rapid passage of no-fault divorce laws...