Word: singularability
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What seems to have happened this time, as it does so often in Washington, is that the actors in this singular drama became too entwined in their intricate maneuvers. A distorted picture was produced of both the battle being waged and the state of mind of the nation waiting in the background. Almost anyone traveling this country the past few weeks could have detected that there were far more important problems on the national agenda than the AWACS sale. A great many people surely favored letting the President try to do his job. and, since we get nearly...
...almost always a mistake for readers to confuse the first person singular with the novelist. Almost. Conan Doyle was not John H. Watson, M.D. Samuel Clemens was not Huckleberry Finn. And Raymond Chandler was not Philip Marlowe. But, as his letters reveal, no author ever verged closer to his creation...
...become a stylist is to "be yourself, but on purpose." Protect the sacred well-spring of your uniqueness, so to speak. Not only protect but trumpet forth to the world "all your peculiarly unique characteristics; develop and attract all possible attention to yourself, as a distinct and singular persona." Not only will you be able to acquire style this way, you will be able to acquire it easily in 13 lessons, including dressing, speaking, eating and drinking, mating and marrying, creating a home and family, performing your job, entertaining your friends, confusing your enemies, being poor, being rich, being shady...
When the Americans reassembled after the funeral ceremonies for the long flight back home, Nixon was off on his singular mission. The circle of three broken, Ford and Carter were ready for their joint press conference. There was shock in Jerusalem and surprise in Washington when they agreed that sooner or later the U.S. would have to deal with the Palestine Liberation Organization, as the search for Middle East peace resumed in the wake of Sadat's death. Jody Powell found himself running the Xerox machine as in days of yore. And some travelers thought they saw in Rosalynn...
...exclusive circle of world leaders has been momentarily broken. Those 25 or 30 men and women who preside over the larger powers have at once been shattered by Anwar Sadat's death, reminded of their own perishability and united in a singular way by the danger in which they all walk. The specter of death attends them...