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...Note Dostoevsky's helplessness when confronted with love," said Freud. "He understands either coarse animal desire or masochistic submission, or else love out of pity." In his readable, reasonable, slice-of-love-life study of the great Russian novelist, Author Slonim, Russian-born teacher and critic, documents this Freudian analysis in detail. Avoiding sweeping generalizations, Slonim suggests that some of the grit in the oyster of Dostoevsky's genius was put there by women...
...hurry. The last revised edition of their dictionary was finished in 1932, and they are only up to the B for braise in the new version. Naturally, one must not rush headlong into the definition of words as delicate as bouillabaisse (should it, or should it not, include a slice of floating stale bread?), or to the admission of such Americanisms as bluff (accepted). So, with only the deadline of immortality to achieve, the academicians ponder the verities, polish their language and, each year, award a prize to some young Frenchwoman who, "born in comfort, but forced by Fortune...
...once drew four cards to a slice of rye bread...
Among the foreign delights served for the special Sunday lunch were Drained Crane Brains with Diced Sequoia Leaves from Zanzibar, and Lamprey Slice Floated on Essence of Llama Leaves from the Fiji Islands. The menu advertised Caribbean Delight with Holy Rolls for breakfast today...
After 18 holes. Ike lunched in the club locker room with Arnold, Allen, and Cherry Hills President David Gordon. President Eisenhower ate hamburgers (the meat only, he skipped the rolls) and a thick slice of raw onion, washed down with a long glass of iced tea. Then he reached over, speared an onion slice from one of his companions' plates and ate that too. There was a half-serious discussion about the indigestibility of raw onion, and Ike remarked that they had once bothered him, but he hadn't been upset by them for a long time...