Word: wing
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...visiting Vietnam for the first time. Jack listened as his father explained what happened that day 32 years ago, how he had swooped down on central Hanoi and released his bombs over the city's power station just before the surface-to-air missile tore the right wing off his A4E-Skyhawk. But when Jack learned that his father's bombs had missed their target, he turned to him with a sly smile. "All that, and you didn't even hit it?" McCain laughed...
...recent years Roth has found inspiration in history and sociology. Ira Ringold, in I Married a Communist, is a left-wing actor caught up in Joe McCarthy's '50s witch-hunts. The wrenching American Pastoral drew on the anarchy of the '60s and '70s. Swede Levov, glove manufacturer and good suburbanite, is devastated when his daughter becomes a fugitive terrorist...
...chauffeur them to Washington anyway.) Once in Washington, Juan Miguel would be reunited with Elian, and the two families would live in separate but adjacent quarters during a weeklong transition period. Three new child-psychology experts would be brought in to smooth the handoff; in addition, Lazaro and his wing of the family would waive all rights to sue Juan Miguel for custody later or go back to court for damages. For their part, Justice lawyers would go to court and seek a departure control order for Elian so that he could not be taken...
Then he went to college at Rutgers, and it changed him. Dale, who had attended a military high school and voted for George Bush three months after his 18th birthday, got involved with left-wing campus groups, according to acquaintances. He became a vegetarian and wore combat boots. After he came out of the closet during his sophomore year, he was elected co-president of the campus gay group...
...term. But he succumbs to unexpected distractions--including a romance with a glamorous Manhattan designer and the appearance of a previously unknown (surprise, Charlie!) illegitimate son. The most unexpected distraction of all: a tough re-election opponent named Lee Butler. Butler is the book's weakest link--the right-wing nightmare of a New Yorker political correspondent (Klein's day job). Butler launches his campaign with a series of Bible-study meetings, and he gets more Ralph Reedy from there. And you'll never guess: it turns out he's a hypocrite! In some literary precincts, apparently, this will...