Word: semis
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Lessing has always created plausible characters, and those in Memoirs are no exception. Except for Hugo, the semi-anthropomorphic half-dog, half-cat mutation, they are realistic in spite of their bizarre behavior. In order to get past the first page of any fantasy one must suspend disbelief and as long as the characters' emotions are understandable their paws and whiskers don't matter. It's hard to carry fantasy off so well: authors tend either toward the cold creations of science fiction or totally unbelievable little critters with hairy toes. Lessing avoids both extremes. With Hugo as a minor...
Outside the narrator's semi-illusory world Emily continues to grow, and the world becomes increasingly sinister and dangerous. Emily's attempt to organize a commune of unprotected children fails, a victim to the increasing savagery of the others. The air becomes unbreathable, cannibalism becomes more common. As Emily becomes a woman, her protective composure breaks. She weeps the tears of the "eternal woman"--tears in which "it is not the pain...that is the point, no it is the finality of the acceptance of a wrong. So it was, is now, and ever must be, say those closed, oozing...
...Senate subcommittee heard a plea by Agriculture Under Secretary J. Phil Campbell that Congress put off action until his department worked out a reform plan for the grain trade. But several lawmakers have already proposed remedies. Iowa's Clark, among others, has called for creation of a semi-independent grain-inspection agency that would have strong enforcement powers and be less exposed to "possible economic or political pressures or administrative indifference...
...caught the eye of one of the executives. For the next four years, Spielberg directed television: episodes of Marcus Welby, Columbo, The Psychiatrist and a Movie of the Week called Duel, which amply demonstrated his talents. A chilling little tale of a motorist pursued through the Southwest by a semi whose driver is never seen, Duel got Spielberg his first feature, The Sugarland Express. It was a movie with the sort of brio and elaborate technical command that made Spielberg, in the producers' view, just the man for Jaws. "I wanted to do Jaws for hostile reasons," said Spielberg...
...senior year, things smoothed out for him, and Messing led the Crimson all the way to the NCAA semi-finals before it bowed, 1-0, to the eventual champions Howard University, Messing was named the tourney's Most Valuable Player...