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...nobility in the midst of brutality—itself a critique of South African apartheid—Rodoreda’s rootless fantasy world communicates comparatively little of Coetzee’s allegorical power. Through the unnamed narrator, Rodoreda implements an emotionally stripped style as a stand-in for wanton horror: “The blacksmith did not want me to entomb my child in the tree. He said he would use the ring for some other dead person. I left home, carrying my child, who had turned wooden, like the table.” As originally conceived, this device...
...children of the First Depression were saving string and preaching sacrifice long after the skies cleared. They came to be called the "greatest generation." As we learn to be decent stewards of our resources, who knows what might come of it? We have lived in an age of wanton waste, and there is value in practicing conservation that goes far beyond our own bottom line...
...residents, to possess them with his wickedness. And she also knew, or so whispered the voice that resonated in the inner chambers of her pure white ear, that only she could save Frederick. Felicity, perhaps, must be forsaken, for even Roxanna knew not how to salvage such a wanton shrew. Frederick—Frederick must be saved. Oh, Gentle Reader, be sure that if this pure maiden of ours had any blemish upon her soul, any indecency to mar her perfection, it was only a propensity to adore and love too greatly. None whom she revered would be harmed, even...
...awareness of Chinese atrocities with Olympic media coverage—which has brought a geopolitical gaze to the sports pages—has been, and can continue to be, an effective strategy for activists working on behalf of Tibet, Sudan, and other causes. But it is realistic activism, not wanton calls for boycotting, that should now anchor these efforts. Pressuring sponsors, media corporations, and other parties involved in the Games to communicate concerns about Chinese financial links to Sudan; highlighting the dark side of Chinese political activity to potential commercial parties; dispersing information about human rights violations as widely...
...That leaves Portman, who has looked stranded in some movies (her turn in The Phantom Menace was especially unfortunate), totally in control in others (do we thank Portman or Mike Nichols for her work in Closer?). It's odd that she plays the wanton Boleyn sister, and Johansson the more demure one, since there's always been a reticence to Portman, the need not to be mistaken for a naughty girl - as if she doesn't realize that the best parts for women are bad girls. She holds back here too, in a part that demands that the stays...