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...BEST when the background can be assumed and the foreground is fleshed out. Henry James, obsessed with inner life to a degree unhealthy for a writer using this form, allowed his short pieces to balloon into "nouvelles", because the psychological world he described in The Turn of the Screw or The Beast in the Jungle was uncharted in the 1890s. He could assume little knowledge and less sympathy on the part of his audience, and thus created his world painstakingly...
While conceding that criminal prosecutions are never politically disinterested, and that genuinely "evil" men such as Mafia chiefs should be pursued in all possible ways, Higgins sometimes vacillates into a sophomoric ethical relativism. He hints that there is no difference between John Ehrlichmann's decision to screw Daniel Ellsberg because he sees him as a threat to national security and John Sirica's pursuit of Nixon with only a passing consideration for the appearance of due process...
...first to praise Finley's work. "He's a hell of a general manager," says Tenace. Adds Jackson: "Charlie will do anything to make his team better." That said, they still hate Finley with a passion. Mention his name in the clubhouse, and the quick response is a vehement "Screw that bastard...
...decide exactly what that reason might be, but she has some ideas. "If I had the answer to how that kind of screw-up could happen. I could make a million dollars--for being a consultant. The closest thing I can come to explaining it is the fear factor--the idea that people in television are scared because there's so much money involved. Nobody wants to take the blame and so they have this kind of group decision-making where they all sit around a table and then somebody will say 'How about--?" and then nobody will...
Another popular misconception about Mass Hall is, in the words of a Mather House tutor, that the administration "really is out to screw the students and faculty." The implication here is that somehow the administration can gain from squeezing students and faculty. Aside from the obvious response that Mass Hall actually does profess a desire to improve the education and quality of life of the Harvard undergraduate, there is also the fact that the administration is trying to balance a variety of goals, not all of which can be served totally. While I share the suspicion of many students that...