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...world will not stop spinning to hear the answers. It had better not, because Author Connelly's untidy muse has not bothered to tie up every loose end. Characters muster on whim, and for the same reason dissolve like smoke; promising bends in the plot lead nowhere at all, like garden paths. This should bother no one but the literal-minded reader, who is seldom found in a chaise longue anyway...
...Ahmed, well aware that nothing could save him except Ben Bella's whim, announced that he would carry on his defense alone. When he was finished, the three-man tribunal got on the phone to Ben Bella and then announced the death penalty. For 48 hours after the trial, Ben Bella and his top leadership debated the case. There was strong sentiment against clemency, but everyone knew that execution would arouse greater resentment than ever among the anti-Ben Bella Berbers of Kabylia, where Alt Ahmed was a local hero...
...Love Thing. Even when Soupy's ways led him to transgressions, he was forgiven. In January, for instance, an antic whim led him to suggest to all those kiddies out there that they get ahold of Daddy's wallet and remove "those little green pieces of paper with pictures of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln and Jefferson and send them to me, and I'll send you a postcard from Puerto Rico." Four $1 bills came in, and so did a stiff complaint. Soup was canned, but only temporarily. His suspension became an instant cause. The phone...
...will or the whim of top union leaders can shake the U.S. economy. Yet it begins to seem that even the mightiest unions cannot hold a simple election without charges of fraud...
...doesn't jump cues the way Johnson does, but he tries too hard to please. Too many of his speeches conclude with a flourish and a raised eyebrow, as if to say, "applause, please." He seemed to be following some prearranged pattern of smiles and announcements, not riding his whim...