Word: singularability
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Such judgments lose much of their potency when delivered by a narrator whose life centers around probing the limits of alcoholism and sexual perversion. Obscenities, apparently varied and clever in the original Russian, flow steadily and unendingly through Limonov's rocky prose. These have been translated with a singular lack of inspiration into either "fuck" or "shit," and serve rather to dull one's sensibilities than to shock them. Likewise, Eddie's staggering feats of drinking become banal with repetition. Thankfully, vodka does not interfere with the lucidity of either his narration or his pain. Although he describes...
...dual-anchor NewsHour premiered the same Labor Day evening that the networks offered solo-anchor shows for the first time since 1976. That singular difference in format, however, seems less striking than two other qualities: the leisurely, almost ruminative pace of the NewsHour, vs. the breakneck momentum of the commercial networks; and the prominence given to live interviews, vs. the commercial networks' almost exclusive reliance on rigorously edited scripts and footage. For all that, the content of the four newscasts last week was similar. All stressed the aftermath of the Soviet downing of a Korean Air Lines passenger...
Still, Reynolds' commemoration left Washington, his home town, troubled about television's encompassing view of its own glamour and power. The first act of those who run the singular world of big-time TV was to make the passing of Reynolds a major studio enterprise that, whether intended or not, seemed to be an effort to hype the ratings with pathos and personalities. The memory of Reynolds was programmed for the presidential level. There were requests-almost demands-at the White House within minutes of Reynolds' death that the President issue a statement of personal loss...
Perhaps the most singular element of any country's political character is how the people view the system. In Japan, many seem to feel that politics is a dirty game and that the most effective practitioners may not be the most honest. There is the feeling that a successful politician should be like a creature, as the Japanese saying goes, "capable of drinking both pure and muddy water at the same time...
...summer, in both controversy and success. He has Washington spooked. His supporters point to the surging economy. His adversaries cannot forget the 11 million unemployed and gleefully fan the case of the "pilfered" White House papers. In fact, almost everybody interested in the public business seems to have a singular obsession with this fumbling, amiable, enigmatic exactor...