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...same time, we have in America a far bigger and better-informed foreign policy constituency than ever before. The problems of conducting foreign policy in front of and with the consent of this constituency are something new. Henry Kissinger, in his melancholy vein, recently despaired as to whether you can have a truly consistent foreign policy in a democracy. He is sometimes accused of hankering after the good old days of Prince Metternich-one autocrat who can say yes or no; one agent who can speak for the autocrat; no necessity to troop up to Capitol Hill and explain...
...next thing I knew. I was stretched out on one of those green tables, the precious life-fluid running from my vein to a bag out of my sight. Lying on my back. I could view the Mem Hall stained glass windows in all their exquisite detail, a treat that students gazing down at blue exam books rarely enjoy. Dante, Chaucer and Blake smiled benignly upon the whole affair...
They made two circular patches only 11/2 inches in diameter, folded them like umbrellas and fitted them into a capsule less than a quarter of an inch in diameter. The capsule was attached to the end of a catheter inside a catheter, which was inserted into a large vein in Suzette Marie's right thigh and worked through a pathway of veins into the heart (see diagram). The doctors then pushed the capsule and outer catheter first into the right atrium and finally into the left atrium, extended the first umbrella and pulled it back against the edges...
...almost any standards, here is a story of privilege and deserved success. But there are more than cracks in Clark's golden bowl-the usual hint of sublime dissatisfaction successful men feel obliged to point out. A vein of self-contempt-sometimes but not always playful-runs throughout the book. Clark speaks of "the evasions and half-truths" encouraged by the lecture form. Reviewing his decision to become a museum director, he concludes: "I took the wrong turning." The London art world he compares to "a battlefield at nightfall," and seems to despise himself for surviving it: "I learnt...
...THIS is entirely consistent with the vein Wolfe has been writing in lately, a vein that has nothing to do with art but apparently a great deal to do with Wolfe and his own historical standing. Wolfe has not been prolific lately, but his last major work was a book called The New Journalism, an anthology of pieces along with a long critical essay. The position Wolfe takes in The New Journalism is a clear extension of his earlier work. Wolfe in the sixties was frenetically active, innovative and controversial. Using intense research and attention to detail, a structure similar...