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LIFE IS A CABARET, death a blast, and apocalypse in Burgess' twenty-sixth novel or "entertainment," as he labels it. Not only is this "very deep" book a "bargain," it will "slip down as easily as a dozen oysters well-sharpened with lemon juice and tobacco," as the author declares in the jacket blurb. The book is really three stories in one. All concern the end of human history adapted for the modern TV viewer. At times The End of the World News is all that its author promises: at times it is merely quirky. But whatever its flaws, this...
...intends to fight against the tax increases that his own committee had just approved. Despite this rationale, it was apparent that Domenici had not only lost patience with the Administration, he had lost control of his committee. And the President had watched his influence over the Senate leadership slip badly once again...
...while I'm working on a film," she says. "It's such an intense thing, being absorbed into the world of a movie. It's like discovering you have a fatal illness, with only a short time to live. So you live and love twice as deeply. Then you slip out of it, like a snakeskin, and you're cold and naked. What worries me is that when these loves die, they hardly leave traces on me. I wonder why I don't suffer...
With a 6-5 lead in hand, though, the hosts quickly let the game's tempo slip away. Aided by its switch to a zone defense--the Crimson had played a man-to-man set-up in the first half--Harvard picked up several ground balls, quickly following that with a barrage of shots...
...similarly cynical about performance artist Laurie Anderson in an essay ostensibly about "Women Composers," he immediately casts doubt over his choice of women by stating," some artists suddenly become trendy and hot. They may sustain their recognition, of they may slip from view. At this writing, about the hottest, trendiest artist in SoHo is Laurie Anderson." Later in the essay he accomplishes the almost impossible task of negating one of his statements in the same sentence. "But her wit clearly entrances her audiences, and has helped secure her reputation. So has the very fact that she is a woman, although...