Word: yes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Texas border, Moore calls Norman. The lab reports that the storm clouds are "falling apart." Moore is unconvinced. He heads west again to get a better look at a cloud bank that seems to contradict the forecast. "Look at that thing!" Moore yells. "It's going up! Hell yes, it's going up!" He throws the pickup into a fast U-turn. He turns on the AM radio just in time to hear an unmistakable crackle. "If I didn't know better," Moore shouts, "I'd say that was lightning!" As the truck speeds through Cheyenne...
...Archbishop of Cracow, the Pope was called out onto the balcony by a crowd of serenaders. When he appeared in his shirtsleeves, the crowd shouted the usual, "May you live 100 years." Asked the Pope: "Do you really want your Pope to live 100 years?" Shout ed the crowd: "Yes!" Replied the Pope with a smile: "Then let me get some sleep...
...this instance, the overriding answer is yes. Sophie's Choice is a sprawling, uneven yet brave attempt to render the unimaginable horror of the Nazi death camps, particularly Auschwitz. This violent century can offer no greater riddle than the existence of such places. They cannot be ignored, but neither can they be considered for too long without jeopardizing sanity. Styron treads a middle course. He keeps the horror at arm's length, in the past and in another country, but offers a heroine-victim who can forget nothing...
Allison sums it up when he says, "If you ask if Engelhard's name is prominently and honorably displayed in the library, the answer is yes. If you ask if the books of Harvard carry the original name of Engelhard, the answer is yes. But if you ask if Harvard will force anyone to recite any particular formula as a name, the answer is no, as it would always...
Does Elkin feel privileged? "God, yes...