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White was most famous for his popular children's book "Charlotte's Web," as well as for his witty essays in The New Yorker magazine. In 1959, he revised the grammar usage reference text, "The Elements of Style," originally written by his college mentor William Strunk Jr. and now commonly referred to as "Strunk and White...
...compared to average cinematic fare--even this fall's rash of "serious films" like Wetherby, Plenty and Dance with a Stranger--this is substantial stuff. Kiss of the Spider Woman spins a mean web indeed...
...Divestment would be inconsistent because apartheid may be no worse than other systems of oppression, and countless immoral regimes could warrant comparable if impractical action. Singling out South Africa for divestment would be inconsistent, arbitrary, and opportunistic, undermining Harvard's global credibility and entangling it in a web of logical ramifications. Moreover, divestment would be inconsistent--even hypocritical--as long as Harvard and members of its community accept contributions, products, and employment from corporations with ties to South Africa...
...restaurant's three year quest for a liquor license has been a sobering experience--confronting Cambridge's sticky web of city politics, favoritism, and vacillating policy...
Henry seems to grasp this reality, at least in theory. He writes in his introduction: "The real campaign is the string of public events that voters observe, not the hidden web of strategy memos and fund-raising dinners and portentous telephone calls." Bravo. The problem is, Henry doesn't follow through. With few exceptions and obscured by his wonderfully elegant writing style, Visions of America gives us yesteryear's headlines with a dollop of conventional wisdom to serve as analysis. Since essay-writing appears to absolve him of the requirement to report, Henry can opine that "the most antagonistic major...