Word: thin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...RIGHT AWAY we slip through the present's thin veneer and are submerged in the whole history of an object--in this case, a simple pencil. The entirety of one of the earliest of Nabokov's brief chapters is devoted to illustrating the past visible in that anonymous pencil, from the grinding of its graphite and the felling of the pine for its case to the final implement, all in a discovered second of perception...
...state's closest contest Rep. Louise Day Hicks (D-Mass) held a paper thin lead over Independent challenger J. Joseph Moakley in the 9th Congressional District. But Hicks's strength was based on early returns from her stronghold in Boston, and there was a strong possibility that Moakley would overtake her in the outlying suburbs...
...outside the blues genre to work extensively with the slide. His slide work matches the best non-blues efforts of Duane Allman, the master of rock slide guitar. He combines it most often with echo or vibrate to fill out, and occasionally picks with the slide itself for a thin sound that adds variety...
...some reason recently, biographers have gotten snotty about chronological order and prefer instead their own, sometimes psychedelic approaches. Teichmann's book is an "intimate portrait," so he packs a series of topical chapters ("...The Playwright, The Wit, The Cardplayer...") between two very thin slices of reminiscence. While the reminiscences are very good, the stuff in between would be bad filler for the Reader's Digest. In each chapter Teichman sloppily recounts a few Kaufman anecdotes, comes up with a few obvious generalities and sometimes even tacks on a list of short witticisms. The purpose of this approach is understandable...
There are some plays that a reviewer would rather feed than judge. Like stray kittens, they rub up against you in an imploring, hard-to-resist way and make friendly little noises. They are so thin that one yearns to put flesh on the bones of their plots, give them vitamin-rich lines to chew, and nourish their characters and situations...