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...absence of the Trumbull was not the only reason for the Crimson defeat. The most important element may have been the absence of rest...
...musical myth diffuses not only the present world of the characters but the plot of the novel as well. The Biblical allegories and the legendsare themselves so radiant that they divert the reader from the much flatter characters who sift through this mystic past. Time becomes a very confusing element with dead characters too closely blended to living ones, adding incoherence to the work...
...that those who traveled with the President, whether staff or Secret Service agents, genuinely liked him. That aura, created in large part by Reagan's humor and courtesy, was a great health benefit. Ruge was also convinced that Nancy Reagan's dedication to her husband was another element in his excellent state of mind and body...
Perhaps the most disturbing element of last week's flap is that energy has been dissipated, in petty feuds over rank and prerogative, that might more usefully have gone into the formulation of foreign policy. Nothing dramatic has gone wrong, but time has been wasted by a group that tends to dawdle too much over procedure...
...undesired marriage, will drastically alter her life forever. For poorer women or-in these times of high inflation-many middle-class women, the burden of an extra child is something they and their entire family may well find destructive. The right to seek an abortion gives women an element of freedom and control over their lives that men have always had. Says NOW'S Eleanor Smeal of those in Washington who would usurp this freedom: "They are getting Government off the backs of Big Business and putting it into the lives of women...