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...demise of Little Nell, The Old Curiosity Shop contains perhaps the most famous deathbed scene in English literature. A sentimental extravaganza, it has aroused critical scorn and the common reader's lachrymose appreciation for well over a century. The dishonesty and ineptitude of this wretched musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel can be measured by the fact that most of the children at a recent screening did not realize Nell had died. So hastily did writer, director and actor rush past this inconvenience that the kids believed she was literally going away on a long journey...
...United States," said Ambassador Daniel P. Moynihan with controlled fury, "rises to declare before the General Assembly of the United Nations and before the world that it does not acknowledge, it will not abide by, it will never acquiesce in this infamous act." The target of Moynihan's scorn -and a chorus of bitter outrage throughout the Western world last week -was a General Assembly resolution declaring that "Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination...
...years old, Brownmiller cites a D.C. General Hospital report which lists ages from 15 months to 82 years. We are all vulnerable; those who claim otherwise are foolhardy. Having grown up in a high rape area in New York City, and having escaped untouched, I used to scorn women who took (reasonable) precautions. "They can smell you're scared," I used to chide them, "You're turning yourself into an easy prey." Nobody would mess with a strapping 6-ft. woman like me, I used to think. But I was very wrong...
...member of the 1930's Communist Party USA would have branded Harrington a "social facist." But the problem is more complex. Harrington is tired of being on the outs--maybe all those eighty-three-delegate conventions, all those years as the object of scorn of mainstream American politicians, have gotten to him--now he wants to go to New York City and have Messrs. Udall, Jackson, Harris and Bayn petition for support next year. Maybe he believes that that is what an effective socialist movement is all about...
...knock-kneed mini skirted wig wearing died blond mamma's scar born dead my scorn your whore rough heeled broken nailed powdered face...