Word: pointing
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...this point one cannot help wondering if the Government could not have pulled a couple of Boeing 767s off the line at about $75 million a copy ($25 million less than a 747), fixed them up a bit (a 767 has 75% more capacity than the old 707) and had the President airborne in plenty of comfort and safety (the Air Force refused to look at any plane with only two motors). Or maybe they should have considered Delta -- ready when...
Patience at this point is advisable, because it will be rewarded. The year is 1984, although flashbacks soon come thick and fast. The setting is Vineland County, a fictional, fog-shrouded expanse of Northern California where, as one character remarks, "half the interior hasn't even been surveyed...
Wretchedly funny excess seems the point of the exercise, not to mention the hallmark of the years portrayed. Pynchon's technique is to turn up the volume on contemporary reality, fiddle with the contrast and horizontal hold, in order to produce scenes that are both distorted and recognizable, and a pretty good indication of where all the current trends may be heading...
...support for a sequel. Several corporations reportedly were uneasy about underwriting a series that would deal with more controversial material. Actually, Eyes II steers its way through the turbulent era with admirable calm and impartiality. The unfailingly judicious narration (spoken by Julian Bond) at times seems restrained to the point of timidity...
Last week, following Iran's release of 50 ailing Iraqi prisoners of war, Saddam unveiled a three-point plan to revive peace negotiations with Iran, which have been stalled since 1988. In addition to the release of ill POWs, Saddam proposed direct Iran-Iraq talks and the resumption of airline flights between Baghdad and Tehran. Iran dismissed the proposals as "a new campaign of public deception...