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...could make a persuasive case that such men, if not wholly admirable, are an indispensable part of the American political system and should not be despised merely because they fail to transcend its limitations. But, as Richard Nixon used to say, that would be the easy way. Instead, whether out of gullibility or perversity, Steinberg has chosen to portray Rayburn as a statesman of principle, integrity and elevated vision--a poor country boy who, through hard work and trust in the Lord, grew up to be "by far the greatest" Speaker in American history, and a hell of a cracker...
...journals raise fresh and unsettling questions about the limitations of American democracy and freedom. However, in their prognoses for the next 100 years, they diverge: the Public Interest has a generally pessimistic forecast for an America that thinks small and governs modestly; the Economist foresees a country that can transcend its limits and grows wealthier...
...Samuel Eliot Morison said that "he was one of the few people who dared to write on the broad sweep of history." Daniel Boorstin, recently confirmed as the new Librarian of Congress, commented that "few historians have spent themselves so unstintingly or so effectively in the effort to transcend the provincialism of their time and place." Toynbee felt that there was a kind of intellectual provincialism, too, in what he called "the dogma that 'life is just one damned thing after another,' " for he himself had "a lifetime conviction that human affairs do not become intelligible until they...
...present the conflicts that wracked American society but ultimately reaffirm the American Dream. Films such as De Sica's A Brief Vacation and Scorcese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore pose the issues of women's oppression but resolve them romantically. The key to such films' failure to transcend the problems they raise lies in their use of the stereotyped plots and characters of romantic comedy and tragedy. The logic of these genres leads either to a happy ending brought about by Fortune or an unhappy ending brought about by Fate; in either case the basic situation is left...
...Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out," which is not complex musically but, like the bass line in "Sunshine of Your Love," allows for incredible solos. Contrasting to the tightness of "She's the One" is the emotion of "Night," where Springsteen's vocal and Clarence Clemon's blaring, buzzing sax transcend the simple message--"You work from nine to five/And somehow you survive/Till the night"-- and make boredom and anguish palpable...