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...subjects' surroundings to capture them and attach them to a real world, rather than idealize and abstract them. The Faulkner picture sticks in my mind in such a way that whenever I think of him, I return to his face and thin body and yet also to the small lean dog who stretches behind...
...Peking, Taiwan's rival, currently offers assistance to 24 countries, with at least 1,000 technicians and a host of laborers. But there is a difference in approach. The Communists lean toward large prestige projects, such as their effort to build a railway linking Tanzania and Zambia, and because of the size of such projects, often fall behind. They also insist on sending hordes of their own laborers; the men from Taiwan prefer maximal participation by the host country. The Nationalists deny that political dividends are their main objective. But Vanguard's efforts quite clearly have a bearing...
Sorel is at his acid best with subjects he actively disdains or dislikes. "Caricaturing," he explains, "is essentially therapy for me. It's a way of taking away the feeling of impotence one has about a situation." In their vitriol, Sorel's pen-and-ink drawings lean somewhat on Levine. But in their artistic style -the absurd settings, the disproportionate figures-they trace back much more directly to Sir John Tenniel, the Victorian artist who illustrated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...
...imply that the sonofabitch ought to get off the streets and earn a decent living. Moviehippies are often surprisingly well-fed (as are, coincidentally, most actors), generally overdressed, spend inordinate amounts of time talking about flowers, don't (the lucky devils) take amphetamines, and in more serious films lean toward sexual perversion, destroy at random, and smell...
...Tall and lean (6 ft. 3 in., 195 lbs.), Helmsley keeps fit by frequent skiing. He often stays home in Westchester County for a day or two a week to toil over papers without interruptions. He keeps a direct phone line from home to his office switchboard, however, "so no one knows whether I'm calling him from the office...