Word: spectacularisms
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...voice of a nightingale.Besides their immediate relevance and their showcasing of some of Wolff’s most gorgeous imagery to date—the rain falling outside of the pancake house in “Awaiting Orders” is literally cathartic—these military stories are spectacular because they access the consequences of military involvement through personal relationships. War becomes diffused through a soldier’s attraction to a woman, a father remembering his son’s face. This familiarity is what makes “Our Story Begins” such a delight. Wolff...
Writers, they say, are whiny, self-indulgent creatures who spend too much time alone. They are egotistical, paranoid and almost always seriously dehydrated. Above all, they are spectacular ingrates. Editors save their asses, and writers do nothing but bitch about it. "If anyone saw the original manuscript from ..." (and you can insert the name of your favorite Pulitzer Prize-winning writer here) "... that guy wouldn't get hired to clean the toilets at the Stockholm Public Library. Say, the Pulitzer is the one they give away in Scandinavia, isn't it? I better remember to change that in a piece...
...amidst opposition cries of rigged elections, Mugabe launched a dictatorial land reform that obliterated productivity. But rather than benefiting disenfranchised black peasants, the program left Mugabe’s inner circle of political allies with much of the land. With the main source of hard currency in shambles the spectacular crash of a once-thriving economy, inflation took off. The government printed trillions of dollars, and inflationary expectations became embedded in the economic cycle...
...CRITICAL ACCLAIMA self-admitted foodie, Kelby J. Russell ’09 gushes about Basta Pasta’s dishes. “It’s always worth trying the pasta, but they also have a different special every day that’s spectacular. And the homemade fusilli is fantastic.” But be warned: according to Altin, the fusilli goes fast–by eight o’clock, the kitchen runs out. The pasta is served al dente; its taste is robust, dressed with the perfect amount of cream sauce and a sprinkle of fresh...
...against Fukuda. And last November, when the bill to renew Japan's anti-terrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean became a point of contention, the DPJ also suggested a reprimand and opposition party leader Ichiro Ozawa left for a trip to China with his senior advisors in a spectacular display of disapproval. Nevertheless, the bill ended up passing three months past deadline...