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...documents of the period (from which he quotes liberally), Aridjis masterfully reconstructs the life on the highways, attending to the peculiarities of every town that Cabezon visits. Following tips that he receives in the various Jewish quarters through which he passes, Cabezon traverses a Spain of madness and leprosy, wanton torture and gruesome auto-da-fe's. Ironically, Cabezon intersects the paths of Torquemada himself in Avila...
...series' second great theme, along with race, has been sex. McClure plainly believes that any society so rigidly ordered is also deeply repressed -- and is therefore quite wanton in the back rooms. Nearly all the crimes investigated by the team have involved passion or jealousy, and the solutions have often depended on the ability of one partner to look with an outsider's jaundiced eye on the habits and mores of the other's culture. That technique is evident in The Song Dog, the title of which refers to a tribal folkloric figure who speaks in Delphic riddles. Once Kramer...
...even greater impact on Bush's New World Order than the result of the Gulf War. Where does the Evil Empire of yore fit into Bush's vision of "a world where the rule of law, not the law of the jungle, governs the conduct of nations"? Is "wanton aggression" acceptable when undertaken by a nuclear superpower? Does the "sovereignty of nations" apply to the Soviet republics who clamor daily for independence...
...conquest was sealed a few weeks ago when I surrendered my hatred in my final, most shameful act. I gave $25 to the Class Gift. My roommates are still making fun of me for this wanton display of cheerleader spirit...
...yuppie mystique was built around a sense of generational entitlement that had its roots in the prosperity of the 1950s and '60s. In these more parlous times, there is an undeniable tempering of wanton consumption, but affluent baby boomers cannot cast off the experiences of a lifetime merely by switching outfits at the Gap. As marketing consultant Judith Langer puts it, "Values don't change overnight. Life-styles don't change overnight...