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...very simple for young writers to emphasize style in a way that excludes social content. It is very simple for them to copy the slick New York Establishment--Mailer, Updike, Barthelme, Adler, and so on. I am not advocating a reductionist "socialist realism." I am advocating a transcending of solipsistic subjectivity. I am advocating a thoughtful search for a style that will encourage understanding of the political choices that face us daily. So, as a literary critic, I find Attanasio's piece unoriginal, everly self-conscious, slick...
...paint a much crueler, darker world, a world in which the little guys squander their energies fighting each other instead of their common exploiter. The ending is farcical in this production; Jones' interpretation sacrifices nuance and social commentary for humor. Happy End is amusing, enjoyable, expertly presented--but too slick...
...Pennsylvania, Bush made effective use of a slick media campaign, including four well-received "Ask George Bush" telecasts, in which he fielded questions from live audiences and sought to spell out his differences from Reagan on key issues. In reality, those differences are few. A gentlemanly postprimary TV debate in Houston revealed almost no basic disagreements between the candidates apart from the proposed Kemp-Roth 30% tax cut, which Reagan supports and Bush opposes as foolhardy and inflationary...
Other labor grievances include the business flight to Southern lands of modest wages and right-to-work laws, as well as the increasing use of slick consultants who collaborate with management to create a "union-free environment." Last October an alarmed Robert Georgine, president of the traditionally conservative building and trades department of the AFL-CIO, testified at Congressional hearings that "union-busting is a rapidly expanding and growing industry itself...
...Islanders whisked past L.A. and are nearing their peak. Injuries to opportunist Mike Bossy (who will play) and the slick but little-noted Anders Kallur (who won't) cloud their prospects, but goalie Billy Smith has waxed brilliant--he did not permit a goal in the last 96 minutes against the prolific Kings. The cognoscent who haunt section 308 in the Nassau County Coliseum point to the simultaneous addition of Butch Goring and loss of Billy Harris as the key to the Isles' Big Mo. Islanders...