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...There is precious little dignity or equality in our natural state. Most human beings have to spend their lives in utter vulnerability. All are born unequal, in terms of capacity or strength . . . and survive only through the restraint shown by more powerful neighbors. For nearly 3.000 years 'Western man' has struggled to create a social order in which weak, fallible, obstinate, silly, magnificent man can exercise his free and responsible choice...
...names, did not so much as mention Ghana, but Nkrumah's terrible-tempered press was quick to take offense. Adding a new phrase to the already rich vocabulary of invective, the Accra Evening News branded the bishop as a "vicious insinuationist," warned that unless he stops his "utter misuse of the pulpit, we shall have no alternative than to accept the gauntlet"-that is, to throw him out again...
...last he regained the Main Reading Room and his favorite seat. But, to Gridley's utter amazement, his books were gone. In their place was a crisp envelope from the Head Librarian. He opened it quickly and read: "Because of your flagrant disregard for circulation time limits and overdue book fines, the Library Committee has been compelled to suspend your reader's privileges in the coming term." For the second time that day Gridley smiled sardonically. He was thinking about the new tunnel he had found, the one that led to squash court 9 in Lowell House. He was still...
...cults of aficionados armed with phonograph records travel in their wake. Thelonious Monk's cult, whispering of Webern, insists that the silences in his music are even more profound than the sounds. Miles Davis' cult, transfixed by his trumpet, says nothing, preferring to express its worship in utter silence. But the cultists that follow John Lewis and his Modern Jazz Quartet see themselves as the True Believers...
Katherine, the novel's shy and lonely heroine, leaves her unnamed European country one summer to visit a family in England. She falls in love with the son, Robin, but is put off by his flawless British manners, his utter imperturbability, "this sandpapering of every word and gesture until it exactly fits its place in the conversation." Robin's true emotions can not crack his polished exterior...