Word: strangers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have brought out in him one of those religious personalities William James called 'twice-born'... His novels seem to be essentially the self-determination of a religious personality, of a seeker who after being ejected from the expected and conventional order of things has come to himself as a stranger in the world...
...cult of Darwinia surrounding his personal escapades almost transforms him into a character out of a P.G. Wodehouse novel. He played in the 1921 British Amateur Championship and eliminated the last American contender in the field. That same night, Darwin was accosted on a lonely street by a mysterious stranger who bellowed, "Sir, I would like to thank you for the way in which you saved your country...
...Carter Administration reportedly considered naming Pitofsky to head the Federal Trade Commission but then counted him out, perhaps, says a colleague, because of his "professorial air." Though undeniably a professor-he teaches antitrust and consumer law-Pitofsky is certainly no stranger to the FTC, having served from 1970 to 1972 as chief of its Bureau of Consumer Protection. As a teacher, Pitofsky favors the adversary system. Assigning a pair of students to each side of a lawsuit, Pitofsky gives them 30 days to prepare their arguments and then grills them on the law. Law students, says Pitofsky...
...wife of an FBI agent: "My view of sex is the same, but now I say 'Thank you' when he opens a door, rather than just take him for granted. In fact, I try to be as nice to him as I would be to a stranger...
...after all, much different from the majority of magazine and newspaper publishers in America. He is a shrewd businessman whose only goal in life has been to make a million bucks fast. The established press is anxiously trying to disown a man who is by no means a stranger to the system; Larry Flynt and his magazine are the logical extensions of that system. Magazines like People, Cosmopolitan and New York probably have more in common with Hustler than they do with the New Republic; most journals sold in this country pander to less-than-noble interests. Larry Flynt...