Word: remorselessness
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During the trial, Irene endured Hagan's remorseless composure and watched in disgust as he reveled in the pride of gang life. Sometimes, when she sits alone in her daughter's room, she cannot help wondering where a young boy learns to pull the trigger without blinking, why manhood in the ghetto is such a dangerous thing. "I knew these gang members when they were just babies," she says sadly. "Now look at them. They've turned into killers...
Private Domain ends in 1974, the year Taylor stopped dancing. Though the last pages are upbeat -- starting work on the exultant Esplanade -- they are preceded by a remorseless account of physical and emotional breakdown. The trouble began when Taylor started gulping Dexamyl, a combination of amphetamine and tranquilizer, not knowing that it was addictive (Dexamyl has since been taken off the market). In 1968 he disappeared from a tour and spent a nightmare week in Liverpool, drunk, debauched, close to death, a Walpurgisnacht pitilessly described. A few years later his ankle, often injured, was ruined. He had ulcers. Finally...
...large number of illegals may hang back, at least initially. Some are skeptical: they cannot believe that the remorseless federal agency they have long feared is suddenly offering them the keys to the country. They are worried that INS will use the information gathered from their applications to deport them if they fail to qualify for legal status. (The law specifically forbids the use of information gathered for legalization for any other purpose: INS, for example, cannot turn over tax information on aliens to the Internal Revenue Service.) Another reason for hesitation is that amnesty will not extend to family...
...hair stylist does not win them all. One of his best customers over these years has been Pat Buchanan, the White House's remorseless partisan. When Milt felt that the presidential fever was building in Buchanan, he gave him his best dark-horse trim, which is a cut that is short all over, even on the sides and top, and starkly etched at the edges. But such artistry was not enough. Buchanan withdrew from the fray and has even decided to quit his White House post. Milt shrugs, "He's still got a cutting edge...
Clausen is expected to be equally remorseless in defending BankAmerica's independence. He has told the company's senior managers that he "remains to be convinced" of the virtues of the three-week-old merger offer from First Interstate and its chairman, Joseph Pinola, 61. For the record, however, Clausen declared, "We are seeking more information about the proposal. When we get it, we will weigh its merits...