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...expressive face, taut and still when he faces the possibility of losing Nick, twitches with exasperation and anger when enduring the rantings of his boss and grows pleading when he confesses to Nick or Sandy his inability to go job hunting. The only quibble with his magnificent performance is a certain awkwardness in his arm gestures...
...Indians, there are two minds. There are two civilizations. There are two ways of being. The Indians desire to co-exist with white civilization; yet they have no pretenses; they do not want to join white civilization. The line is a fine one; it is easily drawn too taut...
Some of Herbert's scenes are masterful, and only further frustrate the reader by showing how well Herbert can write. A conversation between McKie and a Gowachin takes on the intensity and precision of military strategy. With a minimum of narration and a taut dialogue, the scene provides one of the book's few gripping passages...
...many lawns being cut at the same time. The smell of newly mown grass drifted out of the hills onto the flat land and overpowered the senses. There were American flags on the houses of the meanest and most ageless old recluses of my boyhood. The place was taut with pride. There was something touching in the spontaneity...
...taut excitement of these holes was provided by the methodical par-pummeling of Green's doughty scrambling. The winner of the Open title in 1975 at Medinah, Graham blazed to birdies on the 12th (which Ben Hogan has called "the greatest part-four, 12th hole in the United States") and on the 14th, 15th and 16th...