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...case studies discussed in January included one using the "swine flu" crisis of the Ford Administration as an example of how government officials must simultaneously deal with substance, politics and implementation problems...
...blocked by sirens, ogres and, in the literary Establishment, men who have been turned into swine. There is even a faithful Penelope. On the other hand, Cato Douglass is meant to be a star witness for the prosecution of society. In fact, the novel's memoir form ensures that he is always on the stand. His accusations are clear, but his evidence is not easy to sort out. Eloquence is frequently drowned out by bombast, and testimony too often has the imprecision of hearsay. For all its forthright bitterness, !Click Song is guarded. It is as if its author...
...degree--sinking fast!" "Full speed ahead at 30' 2" !" and "Aye, aye, captain!" Watching the movie is like reading a super-action-heroes comic book. Moreover, sailor's slang, no matter how well translated, is meant to be heard and not read: "Screw till it falls off, you swine!" For once it seems a film might be better dubbed than subtitled, expect that the sound of the German language is an essential part of the effect of this film on American viewers...
Ominously, the communique said that the "trial of swine Dozier has begun." Because the message contained no demands or conditions for Dozier's release, investigators speculated that the general had already been sentenced to death. There was no indication that any sensitive NATO information had been forced from the general. Said a U.S. official who knows Dozier: "What we're in is a prisoner-of-war situation. Name, rank and serial number-that's all they're going to get. Dozier's not going to make it easy for them...
...church quite often. There I gather my spirits together, and there I think: yeah, there were great men in Poland once, but today there aren't any. I'm a little guy, though some people think that I am great. But nobody will tell me I was a swine in my day. Nobody will ever spit at my children. Therefore I will persevere. And the church helps me in this. Without it, I would drop on my face and die, because I am very tired. I think every man needs at least half an hour per week in church...