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Still, despite my best intentions to refer calls from the media to the Harvard News Office in Holyoke Center, I'm a sucker for being interviewed. So I write this as a warning. The next time you see me, or any journalist, quoted on TV or in print, proceed with caution...
...masculine swagger, noisy politesse and a need to ape -- and impose on Toby -- a poorly observed version of middle-class morality. Toby must have a paper route, but it is Dwight who pockets the profits. Toby must learn the manly art of self-defense, but mostly Dwight teaches him sucker punches and uses the lessons as an excuse to beat on the boy. De Niro's is a domineering performance, a star turn that is both comic and menacing, but it unbalances Wolff's story...
...nominal stakes -- soybeans and Pouilly- Fuisse wine -- hardly seemed worth war. But of course other matters are at issue. The future of French politics, for one. Also the balance of power within the European Community, and Washington's determination to stop playing Uncle Sucker in trade. Oh yes, and a grand trade deal that eventually might give a huge lift to the world economy...
...Babson's sucker-punch sent the Crimson reeling...
...reader finishes A Landing on the Sun feeling almost sucker-punched, albeit gently. The story allows Jessel to see their achievement of happiness, but the reader ultimately realizes the impossibility of happiness in Jessel's own life. The light touch of Frayn's clever humor makes Jessel's tragedy more poignant...