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When Disraeli was asked to distinguish a misfortune from a calamity, he was inspired: "If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune, and if anyone pulled him out, that, I suppose, would be a calamity." Some English insults are sharp. Nye Bevan on Anthony Eden: "The juvenile...
Shaw makes a convincing case for the rituals-as-rehearsals, identifying salient features such as mock crownings and infantile behavior as proto-revolutionary consciousness. When he analyzes the crowds' obsessive hatred for Lord Bute and the equally irrational love for John Wilkes, the author deftly negotiates the problem of proving...
Emmanuel Winters Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
"I must have fame, fame!" cried John Wilkes Booth, and then established himself as the first of the modern American assassins. Though full of fustian about his love for the Confederacy (he managed to avoid fighting for it, or even living in it, during the Civil War), Booth was clear...
NBA: The Celtics did it again yesterday afternoon, limiting the Los Angeles Lakers to a paltry 14 fourth-quarter points to key a 98-96 victory. Kareem Abdul Jabbar scored 32 points and Jamaal Wilkes 29 for the Lakers in a losing effort. But the Celtics remain two games behind...