Word: utterness
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What is unconscionable about Watergate and the other recent cases is not that the Government used wiretaps or other snooping devices, or sought to seize private documents that it believed to be relevant to the national security, but that it did these things with an utter disregard for the law. Where national security is involved, the principal consideration is not the tool that is used but the assurance that it will be used on a legitimate target in legitimate fashion. As Los Angeles Police Chief Edward Davis put it last week: "The catching of a felon never justifies the catcher...
...naval architect who designed and built the lovely junk-rigged schooner Gazelle, the men who drew the lines of all these boats are men whose restless imaginations were shaped by the same traditions that molded Colin Archer-the traditions and demands of the sea. Simplicity, sturdiness and an utter freedom from frills are the hallmark of their work...
...point in last week's disastrous Indianapolis 500, one of the thousands of sodden revelers camped out in the axle-deep infield mud aptly summed up the utter madness of it all. Asked what he thought of the world's largest, richest and costliest racing event, he said: "What race...
...Prince, by Antoine de Saint Exupery. This is a heavy classic, the kind of children's book where adults can find "deep awareness." But if The Little Prince has any content, Breakfast of Champions has none. My creator's general idea is to take order and make of it utter chaos. He reasons that we should all "adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos." And I can understand his problem; if your book jumped around in time and space like a kangaroo in heat, you'd want your readers to adapt to chaos...
...overreaches himself and fails, he becomes a scapegoat. In either case there must be a letting of blood, a climax of cruelty. Sons will devour fathers or fathers will devour sons. Call it cannibalism or call it sacrament, a ritual will take place, and out of that moment of utter darkness there will come a light: the illumination that turns ritual into drama...