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Old 10-27-2024, 06:11 PM   #7631 (permalink)
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So good

Some dated and insensitive language in this 1984 potboiler:

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A few West Indian heads hung glumly out of the windows in ballooning Rastafarian hats, and three men in jeans were watching a fourth dig a hole in the pavement to the strains of a tranny.
I propose to amend it to "dig a hole in the pavement to the strains of a trans" and shall be making a suggestion to that effect in a letter to the publisher.
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Old 10-30-2024, 01:13 PM   #7632 (permalink)
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The title of this 1998 book has aged incredibly poorly but the analysis of how the conflict with Israel functioned as the organizing principle of intra-Arab politics in the 1950-1970s is very impressive.

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Old 12-03-2024, 12:28 PM   #7633 (permalink)
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currently reading three books.






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Old 12-06-2024, 09:22 PM   #7634 (permalink)
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currently reading three books.





The first one is all too relevant to these times we're living in.
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