Word: telling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...impossible to tell, from page to page, just how this improbable hero will perform his role, not only for the nervous intelligence officers monitoring his every move but for the readers as well. With scarcely an intimation of sex, no violence and not a side arm visible, Le Carre has again managed to construct a plot of commanding suspense. Never before has he so successfully merged his narrative and contemplative gifts. The Russia House is both afire and thought provoking, a thriller that demands a second reading as a treatise on our times...
...Tell me a story...
...wonder if I should blame myself for there not being more Blacks on The Crimson. I try to tell myself that Blacks must be willing to go through the "comp," like I did. But I still wonder if I should have recruited them. Should bringing more Blacks into the fold be another responsiblility minority journalists should bear, as college professors who are Black are expected to act also as big siblings to students...
Although I tell myself I shouldn't be, I am also disappointed that I have not published more opinion pieces. Make no mistake about it, I did write a lot of editorials. But most of them became deleted files. I was concerned I was not saying anything new, important of particularly enlightening...
When people meet Michael and I together for the first time, we find it much easier to tell them that the same last name is just a coincidence. "We're all God's children," I like to tell them. When pressured, I will admit the relation. But he still prefers to keep up with the routine...