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Throughout this book, Brady traces the maturation of a man who always hungered for things that were only partially available to him. The two most profound influences were his relationships with his natural father Lord Auchinleck and with his adopted father Samuel Johnson. Lord Auchinleck was "upright, hardworking, shrewd, practical and totally unimaginative." To take a ridiculous modern example, his relationship with James was akin to that of Oliver Barrett III and his conservative, wealthy father in Eric Segal's Love Story. Boswell felt the same mixture of perverse joy in defying Lord Auchinleck that Oliver feels in resisting...
Their political arms-the National Organization for Women and the National Women's Political Caucus-are shrewd and tough, and they have their own agenda. They demand passage of the Equal Rights Amendment as the seal of all equality, although it can be argued that the ERA might prove to be of dubious merit for it gives to men equal rights with women, such as the right to resist draft in wartime if women are not drafted, or the right to refuse combat duty if women may refuse. Women's agenda includes, as is long overdue, equal...
...experts proclaim Bush the winner. But your analysis proves otherwise. Why beat around the Bush? Gerry was shrewd, and George was shrill...
...bathing suits for women that transform breasts into medium-range ballistic missiles; and sarongs for everyone. But there were also roomy, temperate suits for both sexes, and a selection of loungewear and splendor-in-the-grass sunsuits that managed to be forthrightly sexy without turning coy. It was shrewd and prototypical Gaultier; in short: clothes for yucks and clothes for bucks...
...territory, from temporary exhilaration to piercing despair, and who is fully aware that yearning is not only a good way to go crazy but also a pretty good place to hide out from hard truth. Richard Yates is usually considered a master of the realistic voice: spare and shrewd, cutting and chilling. But for all the leanness of his writing, his language can carry considerable weight. Without apparent effort it eases past the conventions of simple realism toward deadpan comedy and social panorama. Young Hearts Crying could stand as a definitive portrait of a man and woman, maturing...