Word: spoiledness
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North Korea, I dare to say, is like a spoiled child, who, every time he senses that the adults around him somehow begin to ignore his presence, makes some annoying noise to demand their immediate attention until he gets satisfied. And we all know that sometimes a spoilt child can...
Why, then, ask the press and her subjects, does such an exemplary person have such troubled children, who have already sullied the crown and could even bring it down? Some well-reasoned arguments are suggested here. Elizabeth married the handsome, hot-tempered Prince Philip for love at 20. It wasn...
THAT, OF COURSE, IS AN OVERsimplification. The book offers myriad fascinating examples of the fragility of the royal world. Bradford previously wrote a biography of George VI, and the strongest chapters of this book deal with Elizabeth's first 30 years, where Bradford's sources are strongest. The pages teem...
But this intended moment of epiphany somehow falls flat, spoiled by Aunt T.'s inappropriate exclamation "You were as white as an angel!" In general, the women in "A Family Thing"--Aunt T., Mrs. Pilcher, Ray's and Earl's mother--are too saintly to be true, while the men...
Nader laughs at the notion that he might bow out to help Clinton. He considers Clinton pro-corporate America, anti-consumer protection and as averse to campaign-finance reform as any Republican. Besides, Nader adds, "it's hard to be a spoiler in a system that is spoiled to its...