Word: reader
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...though qualifying his remark with the warning that he has only read “one or two” of Morrison’s novels, so his perspective may be skewed. In fact the entire section in which this note occurs, “A Lagniappe for the Reader,” assumes his audience will regard any peek into Mailer’s thought processes as a privilege...
...report of suspicious activity on the card reader system was taken by an officer at the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School...
...Some readers found the cover illustration of Donald Rumsfeld downright scary. "That's one of the most frightening pictures ever to appear on your magazine," wrote a Massachusetts woman. A Texan called it "an image of Big Brother." But a North Carolina reader saw something quite different: "Rumsfeld's eyes in your portrait have the same look as those of Michelangelo's David. Some say the sculptor tried to portray David at the moment when he determined to slay the giant. Perhaps Rumsfeld is regarding Saddam or a false Goliath of terrorism...
...elections. According to Shchekochikhin, Putin feared that an unrestrained NTV could hurt his chances, especially after NTV's coverage of the Moscow theater siege last October. At one point during the crisis the Kremlin released film, without sound, of Putin conferring with security officials. Parfyonov hired a lip-reader to decipher what Putin was saying. The lip-reader's transcript suggested that the Kremlin planned to storm the theater soon after its seizure, despite claims by government officials of persistent attempts to negotiate a solution. So, the ax fell once again - Jordan left quietly, returning to his Sputnik investment business...
...equivalent of clever poetic wordplay, but unique to comix. Herpich, who's pen and ink drawings are otherwise fairly simple, has a gift for the infinitely variable patterns of comix. Through repetition and pauses, panels that repeat something from before or else contain nothing at all, Herpich bounces the reader along. Combined with his use of themes and peculiar humor, Herpich's work can be called poetry - a totally unique kind of comix poetry...