Word: waywardly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...PERFECT SPY by John le Carre. The spymaster's most personal novel, a tale of wayward father and bitter son, examines the psychological and moral makeup of a double agent...
...ironic burden of being a Perfect Spy is that the distinction is based on distortion. Masters of deceit, according to Le Carre, are borderline psychopaths. One of Magnus' colleagues speculates, "What I recognise in Pym is what I recognise in myself: a spirit so wayward that, even while I am playing a game of Scrabble with my kids it can swing between the options of suicide, rape and assassination." Pym's first wife Belinda contributes the observation, "He was a new man every day. He'd come home one person, I'd try to match him. In the morning...
...cocktail party charmer--funny, deft with words, genially self-mocking and ever ready to step in before the discussion gets too heavy. His best plays, The Dining Room and The Middle Ages, have been set at social events and have had the rambling, episodic quality of witty but wayward conversation. Not surprisingly, a fiftyish college professor who fancies himself capable of shaping an ideal evening is at the center of Gurney's sprightly new puzzle box of a play, The Perfect Party...
Traditionally, the children of Chinese leaders have received the best schooling, landed plum jobs and even escaped punishment for criminal behavior. Such favoritism has created widespread bitterness. Two months ago, Politburo Member Hu Qili warned officials and their wayward offspring that the government was prepared to "kill one to teach 100" a lesson. Last week the People's Daily, China's official newspaper, drove home the meaning of the Shanghai trial: "Among the six criminals, some are workers, some are cadres and some are children of high-ranking officials. The court's solemn conviction strongly demonstrates the principle that everyone...
...have to ask, you are probably still wondering if Jack finally found a way to redeem himself in The Best of Times. But her team is full of genuinely funny fellows, Hawn herself is full of spunky charm, and Director Ritchie has a light and wayward comic touch, so even a hopeless male chauvinist can have a good, instructive time at Wildcats. If there are such things as necessary fairy tales, these movies cheerfully provide them...