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...book by Sabatini almost impossible to stop reading? For the same reason it's almost impossible to stop watching the magician saw the lady in half. In Chapter 1 this author invariably tempts the reader to identify with a courageous young man, then thrusts the young man into marrow-freezing danger. From there on the suspense rarely lets...
Changing Styles. These are just a few of the new immigrants who today are changing the face of America. Though many people think of mass immigration as a closed chapter in the nation's history, more than 1,000 newcomers now arrive in the U.S. every day. Since American birth rates are declining, that influx from abroad represents about one-fifth of the nation's annual increase in population. The new immigrants are changing local styles, too. Miami's Eighth Street is now Calle Ocho, the main thoroughfare of bustling Little Havana
...were their true, natural home. There is also the possibility that reason in time will lose the religious and moral grounding it has today and turn into a mere mechanical instrument, unable to guide man through his most difficult problems. The Americans, however, may yet write a new, brighter chapter to man's story. While trusting in reason as no other men in government have before them, the representatives to Congress seem determined to hedge that trust by creating a government or governments that check one man's reason against the reason of his fellows-and to check...
Still, it is by his social theories that the new Jock Lit author tries finally to establish authority. The rambling nature of Michener's essay−chapter headings range from "The Media" to "Government Control"−allows him plenty of room for obiter dicta. They are all too predictable. Solemnly he warns against "the jungle of juvenile sports competition." As if it were a late bulletin, he announces that professional sports have become too violent ("I am worried about ice hockey"). He also worries about women athletes' vulnerability to foot injury, but he is, of course, for women...
...could shell out six bucks a ticket for the rooftop boxes at Fenway and watch the ballgame in isolated splendor. But you probably don't have any out of town clients to impress and our informal survey shows that none of you hold high positions in the Lincoln, Mass. chapter of the National Association of Manufacturers. In that case, the bleachers are your best bet. A slightly alcoholic, bedraggled-looking college kid from some hometown out of the area who knows very little about major league baseball fits in perfectly here...