61. Let the administration representatives tell us with facts and figures why they think it will succeed, and the detractors will have the same opportunity to convince us otherwise. 62. Life will never be the same, we are told with dreary unanimity. 63. Moral tales for a jaded, topsy-turvy world, told with dark, outrageous humor and absolute command of style. 64. Ms. Nagy uses sometimes numbingly flip language with which to tell the story of Hester Prynne. 65. Not even his life story is told with anything approaching coherence. 66. Nor does she tell them with fear and trembling. 67. No one can tell with precision when a troubled market will bottom. 68. Often told with relish, the stories seem to highlight a feeling among the expats that they live in a taboo place, lending their lives notoriety and danger. 69. Partly this is because of the perception and understanding with which Boylan tells it. 70. So the raw material of this biography is not new but freshly culled and arranged and told with emphasis on both the life and the poetry. |