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Exhibit A: Twentieth century American politics. Astonishingly few American leaders, and almost no presidents, have been immersed in the nation's cultural and intellectual life. In fact, it probably would be too much to ask many of them to hold forth on the Jefferson-Hamilton debates, the 14th Amendment, Marbury v. Madison, or any of the historical events that defined America's ideological bent. Ronald Reagan may be our most obviously unintellectual leader, but he is not alone; you'd probably have to go back to Adlai Stevenson to find a national politician well-versed in national culture and literature...
...Colonel who probably lived in Vicksburg. He probably living in an old tumble-down mansion that he had farmed scientifically in his youth. He was an excellent marksman, though he only killed what was necessary. His study was full of timeless books. He had seen the horrors of the twentieth century and yet remained devout. His hand was firm and when he slowly walked through the chemical smells of Savannah, he still took careful note of everything. Life for him was a matter of honor...
...kind of mutant tragedy, with fits of claustrophic comedy, in which the outcome is unsettling and the humor discordant. Nineteenth century critics often found the play, with its sense of ad hoc justice and seemingly black core, one of Shakespeare's worst; Coleridge even called it hateful. The twentieth century has looked more kindly at the play (less of a compliment than it seems) seeing in it a vicious and cynical tragi-comedy. Written in the middle of Shakespeare's career, Measure for Measure predates his great tragedies without foreshadowing them, and scholarly gymnastics aside, it simply refuses...
...primary concern of the participants was the growing number of books, pamphlets and articles that have appeared in the U.S. and Europe attempting to show that there never was a Holocaust. The most notorious example: The Hoax of the Twentieth Century by Arthur R. Butz, an electronics engineering professor from Northwestern University. Said European Parliament President Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor: "We are fighting the possibility of a second Holocaust. Already there are people denying that a Holocaust took place, but we are the witnesses and we will make our voices heard...
Fleur flourishes, finishes her novel, and retrieves it after Sir Quentin steals it because he believes it libelous and very un-funny. She humors Father Egbert. Satan and the rest, continuing to exalt, "How wonderful it feels to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century...