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Whatever the purpose, the naval bombardments had no discernible effect on the fighting onshore. "They can shell us as much as they like," said one Druze militiaman last week. "They are just using the fleet to mask the shame of having lost." The Pentagon has not produced a "battle damage assessment" disclosing just what targets have been hit by the shells. Lehman insists that American forces track the trajectory of shells and missiles striking the Marines' encampment and other targets in the Beirut area, both visually and by a shore-based electronic apparatus, and that the ships fire only...
FICTION: The Anatomy Lesson, Philip Roth ∙The Collected Stories of Colette, edited by Robert Phelps Life and Times of Michael K, J.M. Coetzee ∙Pitch Dark, Renata Adler The Salt Line, Elizabeth Spencer Shame, Salman Rushdie...
...most familiar supernumerary fee is for the replacement of an I.D. card--$25. Shame on you if you're a three-time loser, then it's $50. As a lot of people lose their I.D.'s at least once in four years, this particular regulation seems worth examining...
...necessary to get to the nearest horse track or trout stream. It is true that in one instance in this collection of ten essays, the nearest track is in Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, England, and in another it is in Florence, Italy. Nevertheless, the reader still capable of shame must feel guilty of a stunning level of shiftlessness: he is letting another man win his bets for him (Barich admits to occasional losses but does not dwell on them), and even catch and eat his fish. As in any such gigolo-gigolee relationship, exquisite tact is required of the paid...
...Council needs stability and credibility with the administration, both in leadership and the way we act," Lyss said Thursday, adding that the current officers have a "comfortable working relationship with University Hall, and it would be a shame to have to reintroduce ourselves to the administration right...