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Whether biting or benign, what these supposedly trenchant comebacks have in common is the roar of a phantom crowd; they always speak of other people having spoken them. It's as if they come with a built-in laugh track. And keeping us on track, they provoke in us click responses, the sort of electronic-entertainment reaction we twitch and jerk to more often lately. We hear Not even close, He's history or What's wrong with this picture?, and we immediately sense the power structure of the moment. In fact, we may subconsciously applaud such speakers because they...
...have I become so fearful? Why do I sigh with relief as I enter the gates to my house? Where has "Woman, here me roar" gone? Perhaps it's the onslaught of muggings, attacks and rapes that have occurred in the last year. Xeroxed news articles are posted on the house bulletin boards with "WOMEN BE CAREFUL" written across the top of the pages. It is hard not to feel tentative as one marches homeward...
...view we can either mature voluntarily or adopt my cannon-fodder proposition. I have heard that there is nothing quite like the roar of a machine gun to wash away childish arrogance. On the other hand, a trial by fire might not work after all. I've asked a few acquaintances about how they'd feel about fighting in a world war and they've all given me the same response. They beam proudly and reply, "I'd dodge the draft...
...those in the Washington know, This Town is a funny, poignant commentary on the sorry state of affairs in the press-rooms of our nation's capital. The press will nervously chuckle in self-conscious amusement and politicos will roar with delight. But the Washington outsider who witnesses the absurdity without getting the jokes will best understand This Town as an implicit warning about the corrosive effects of scandal-driven, self-promoting journalism on democratic government...
...There's a low roar of activity here...whereas in a library it's too quiet almost. [This atmosphere] keeps me awake if I'm studying something boring," he says...