Word: vividness
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Vietnam itself is sketched sparingly, a vivid and ugly flash of memory, yet it dominates all of Kovic's thoughts and emotions, like the residual traces of a nightmare. It is the point of reference around which all else in the book revolves. His life does not seem so much to progress linearly, as centrifugally, with the Vietnam experience in the center, prefigured by his patriotic upbringing and predestining his whole future...
...also impressed labor leaders with a feeling declaration: "We've all seen in vivid terms the devastating impact of the Nixon-Ford Administration on our lives. The general atmosphere in this country, the spirit of America, the hope about the future, the confidence in our own security, our ability to hold jobs, the inflationary pressures, the unbalanced budget, the absence of an adequate health program, the maladministration of the Government-the abominable failures of Nixon and Ford are there, they're apparent, they're open to be observed...
Johnson is master of the arresting detail, the vivid personality sketch. In an evocative little essay on St. Ambrose, the Roman magistrate who became Bishop of Milan in 373, he pauses to note Augustine's surprise when he found that Ambrose could read silently to himself-a rare skill in the ancient world. Discussing the opening of the Council of Trent, the great 16th century Catholic assembly that began the Counter Reformation, he observes how Christoforo Madruzzo, the host bishop, opened the meeting with a 74-dish banquet and 100-year-old wine. After dinner, Madruzzo...
...traveling aboard Peanut One, NBC Correspondent Judy Woodruff had known for months about Jimmy Carter's interview with Playboy. But until Interviewer Robert Scheer spelled out details for her two weeks ago, she had no idea of its contents. As soon as she spotted Carter's somewhat vivid language, she got word to Today show Host Tom Brokaw, who broke the story Monday morning...
...Carmer, 82, American historian and novelist; after a long illness; in Bronxville, N.Y. As a young English professor at the University of Alabama after World War I, Carmer wandered through the backwoods of the state, talking with natives both black and white. The result: Stars Fell on Alabama, a vivid collection of country lore. Its success led him back home to "York State," as he liked to call the 55 upstate New York counties, to write his loving chronicles of the region, including Listen for a Lonesome Drum, Dark Trees to the Wind and a novel, Genesee Fever. Carmer also...