Word: sadnesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Your Essay "Pacifism's Invisible Current" [May 30] speaks to the heart of the sad dilemma of the use offeree. The point of your article could have been said another way: A kind word and a gun will always get you more than just a kind word. Eugene L. Grossman Englewood, Colo...
...sad to read in your piece "Dear Dad: Send Lots of Money" [May 30] that state universities are raising their tuition to exorbitant rates. For many aspiring students, Dad can play no role in coping with this problem. In these cases, high tuition means no school...
...Assault and battery! Is that serious? He: I don't know about assault, but for battery they charge you and put you in a dry cell). The attractive, high-spirited cast avoids the twin pitfalls of archaeologist awe and camp condescension. And Lawson is a deadpan delight, a sad-clown naif in the spirit of Buster Keaton and Harry Langdon. Whether scurrying for his snooty brothers' clothes while muttering an ironic "With pleasure!" or double-talking his way into the princess's ball as an Amazonian adventurer, Lawson radiates working-class star quality. He is the best...
...contras. I believe that in a short time there will be a general insurrection in Nicaragua. The situation should become clearer in the next few months. There will come a time when the opposition in Nicaragua will need sizable logistical support. It would be very sad if it does not receive that support. It would freeze the opposition and allow the regime to consolidate. The result would be brutal repression. Since President Reagan has said the U.S. is helping this effort, for the U.S. to allow 7,000 people to go in and then leave them out on a limb...
There were no curfews; instead, Woodie was put on his honor to be home on time for adult dinner parties. "Was I not," he asks, "in the sad fiction we were maintaining, a co-host?" That fiction held him tighter than chains. "I did not even sulk," recalls the author, "since honor forbids sulking, but rage ran through my head." It worked itself out through his body. The miniature adult suffered from a debilitating series of allergies and diseases...