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...characters have the believable warmth and humanity that mark most of L 'Engle's creations. Many are familiar from earlier book's though they have aged and intermarried oddly. They come by their wisdom and perspective honestly, especially Katherine, for whom L 'Engle's has concocted a truly harrowing life. But though each individual character and plot turn are vivid and arresting, the layers upon layers of personal interaction and tormented memory manage only to form a staggering, nearly shapeless mass. L 'Engle writes with care, even virtuosity, and she occasionally attains moments of manage only to form a staggering...
...nuclear energy. The alternatives are passionate about a clean and safe environment, about women's rights as well as those of oppressed minorities like immigrant workers and homosexuals. Says Carl Amery, 60, Bavarian writer, environmentalist and Green Party member: "The alternative movement is trying to recapture the German warmth that was killed in the war years...
...traditional class distinctions and psychological boundary lines that makes you laugh even as it makes you cringe for him. As the object of his desire, Jerry Lewis gives a shrewdly disciplined performance; he has been around, and he knows exactly how to play a star. As Langford, he mimes warmth perfectly until you notice the deadness in the eyes, betraying the veteran public figure's inability to perceive any reality, even a menacing one, that exists outside his own ego. There is one scene, in which Rupert arrives uninvited to spend a weekend at Jerry's country place...
...cars and hit the road to find work. The Village Voice compiled horror stories of poor, homeless people who testified before a Congressional panel just before Christmas. The tales included people sleeping in Salvation Army clothing deposit boxes and pretending they had sick relatives in order to enjoy the warmth of hospital waiting rooms. The vignettes were introduced as "the most enduring monument to Reagan's President--the creation of a subculture of misery...
Recently I moved to a new job where the coldness of urban life made me want to run back to the warmth and comfort of home. Then I read your Essay, "Why There Is No Place Like It" [Nov. 29], and decided to stay. The thought of having a home to return to is enough motivation for me to become a success here...