Word: self-portrait
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...self-portrait that Wilson provides is hardly flattering -- he often appears waspish, rude, disagreeable -- but he makes up for it to some extent by being fully aware of his faults. At one point he reminds himself: "Don't talk all the time. It is an error to suppose that other people can have nothing interesting to say." At another, while dining in a Parisian cafe with his fourth wife, Elena, he sees himself in a wall mirror and "was horrified at the contrast between my big-bellied person and my red and swollen face, with a not too pleasant expression...
...York Times best-seller list and No. 2 on TIME's list next week--rivaling the succes de scandale it is enjoying in / Washington. The former head of the Office of Management and Budget has set tongues wagging with his contemptuous descriptions of his former colleagues and his odd self-portrait. Stockman, according to Stockman, was at once an arrogant ideologue and "a veritable incubator of shortcuts, schemes and devices to overcome the truth"--the truth in this case being that his program could not balance the budget...
There is certainly more to Simon's adolescence than this risky business. She studies literature at Hunter College, sells lipsticks at Woolworth, pastes fake diamonds into junk jewelry, and sits as a designer's model. But in posing for her own self-portrait, Simon has found a true vocation. Together, Bronx Primitive and A Wider World qualify as a minor American classic...
...others continue drawing. Ralphy has returned and produces an excellent self-portrait. Michael has stopped drawing. He sits at a desk, lays his head on his arm and stares dreamily at the window and the dark blue afternoon. He takes a swig of apple juice and is reprimanded by Lori for not asking first. "Let's play outside, Lori," he asks. Lori explains that today is meant for drawing. Michael takes more apple juice without permission. Lori says that she will tell Sister Geraldine...
...calls, "Michael, you'd better be back in this room by the count of five." Michael re-enters at four, crushes a plastic cup under his heel, crumples his picture and throws it into the trash can. Lori stares at him. He runs toward Ralphy and slaps Ralphy's self-portrait out of his hand. He laughs, slams the door to the room from the inside. As the other children slip on their jackets, Michael stands at the wall, looks everyone over and turns out the lights...