Word: sabbaths
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Roth patiently describes the desperation of his leading men has given mainstream American literature a respectable manliness. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning American Pastoral, a high school golden-boy grows up to a life made miserable by Vietnam politics and 1970s economics, and in the National Book Award-winning Sabbath's Theater, Roth portrays the fat, megalo-maniacally horny Mickey Sabbath as a suicidal Statue of Liberty character. In what William Pritchard described as "one of the greatest sequences in American fiction," Sabbath goes down to the beach near his childhood home, wrapped in an American Flag, and with...
...Americans were split over how to handle Netanyahu. Albright, who battled with the Israeli Prime Minister last May and lost when she gave him an ultimatum about moving troops from the West Bank, was growing increasingly frustrated with Israeli stalling. Friday night, as the Israelis celebrated the Sabbath, Albright was host to a small, Arabs-only dinner. "I really understand the pain and aspirations of your people," she said in a toast. Chief Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross was warning his colleagues not to alienate Netanyahu. With the right tactics, Ross said, there was hope for a deal...
...about five. However, what it lacked in length was recovered in intensity. As the audience frantically cheered (the apes eventually won), a wildly improvised free-for-all of furious playing ensued, which included snippets of Queen's "We Are The Champions" and, to much amusement, "Ironman" by Black Sabbath. Eh? They Might Be Giants go death metal? Kick...
Lately, I've felt some trepidation about our being The American People. The Sabbath Gasbags seem increasingly angry with The American People for not sharing their level of outrage. I can imagine being in a crowded Washington elevator and encountering one of the Gasbags, who, recognizing me as The American People, grabs my lapels and shouts, "The unmitigated gall--ignoring what we tell you to believe...
Standing just behind a tall bike messenger is a man who looks like Pat Robertson, sometimes described as the only person angrier at The American People than the Sabbath Gasbags are. He is glaring at me, and I can't help but recall that he tips off God to send hurricanes toward people he disagrees with...