Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...devoted to Eliot, called Ozick's article remarkable, not for any kind of revolutionary criticism but for its "gross, lengthy, un-New Yorkerish attack." By un-New Yorkerish, Hall says he means that the piece conflicts with the weekly magazine's policy of not doing any articles about authors except in book reviews...
...surprisingly, the organizers of these factions have claimed that their clubs will not be exclusionary. But if a club's raison d'etre is social activity, how else will they choose their members except on the basis of personal attributes as important as cocktail-party banter...
...away with it? Because that bugaboo of the Republican right, the income tax, was left untouched. Instead, Administration and congressional budgeteers hiked levies on oil and chemicals, advanced the collection dates for various taxes, and increased fees on such items as tickets for international air travel and cruises. Except for a leap in the amount of personal income subject to Social Security taxes from $48,000 to $51,300 next Jan. 1, the tax boosts do not directly affect large numbers of people -- that is, voters...
...Crimson owned the first period, but Gagnonhandled just about everything it gavehim--everything, that is, except for a fool's playand the quick stick of Ciavaglia. With 3:25remaining in the first, Ciavaglia teamed up withJohn Weisbrod on a two-on-one and sent a swiftshot into the open side of the net to give Harvarda 1-0 advantage...
Sotheby's has never said anything specific about its loans in its catalogs, or given any information on its guarantees except that they exist. To Sotheby's, a mere announcement in the catalog that it offers such financial services is enough to comply with the law. But its use to the buyer is nil -- and is meant to be. Disclosure might be chilling to other bidders. Or at least vulgarly explicit. Which auctioneers would rather die than be. One is not, after all, selling rusty tin Mickey Mice and kitchen chairs in a rented hall in Vermont...