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...standards of mercy, Jane deserved a quick and early death. In 1957, at the age of 40, she suffered a stroke that cruelly afflicted her with aphasia - the in ability to write or grasp the meaning of some of the simplest words. One of her doctors said of Jane's illness: "If you were to devise how best to undermine the mind of a writer, you couldn't think of a better means than this." She lingered on through cycles of recovery and deterioration for over 15 years, witnessing the success of Paul as a novelist - not missing...
...cutting and pasting will go on well into 1982, and even then many districts may end up being drawn in court. If new maps are not drafted before filing deadlines arrive, candidates may have to run at large in statewide contests. Even in the simplest cases, where one party dominates a state, legislative reapportionment is proving to be a major headache. In Iowa, where the Republicans control both houses and the Governor's mansion, the state legislature ruled that a nonpartisan commission redraw the districts with the help of a computer. The embarrassing result: two Republican incumbents were dumped...
...majority of Maryknollers in the field are probably political moderates whose idealism appears to come straight from American civics textbooks. But the simplest American notions about political conscience and human rights are revolutionary when expressed in most Latin American countries. Sister Rose Mary McCormack, who directs the society's nuns in Peru, insists that Maryknollers are not Marxists, but adds: "They are in the same trench with us, fighting the same enemies. It breaks your heart when you see how poor the very poor of Peru can be." Superior General Noonan notes that while "Marxism has very little influence...
...international plot involving the murdered man, (ominously named "Mr. Long") and a group of wealthy Zionists. Unlike the innocent obsessions in Breaking Away, Deever's are misconstrued, then used as bait against him. The pace of the city brings about an urgency and neurosis which transforms even the simplest of actions, like playing with a dog, with an air of danger. Peter Yate's direction, with quick cuts and short clips, adds to the undertone of sickness...
...book, Cohen talks about Secretary of Defense Harold Brown's tactics in testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the SALT Two treaties. Senators are given only ten minutes to question a witness and rarely stay at meetings to hear other Senators' questions. Thus, by stringing out the simplest answers to several minutes apiece, Brown was able to avoid answering any difficult questions...