Word: stylist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...realities dominate academic intercourse with the American war machine. The first is the university as a corporation lusting for profit. The second is the professor as whore." This passage, perhaps the most striking in the book, testifies to Kahn's ability as a prose stylist. When criticizing students, Kahn is confused, unable to categorize them into any clear pattern, but when dealing with faculty, Kahn sees a concrete evil, and attacks it dynamically...
Prefight speculation had it that Ellis, the fast and classy stylist, might be able to outmaneuver Frazier, the brawling club fighter. Circling and backpedaling, Ellis did score with enough combinations to win the first round. Yet, by the third round, it was apparent that he needed something besides style. Grinning after one exchange, Frazier chided his opponent: "Sissy, you can't hit. I'm takin' everything you got, man, and you ain't hurtin' me." In the fourth round, Frazier bulled Ellis into the ropes and felled him with two crunching left hooks. Ellis staggered...