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Britain’s channel 4 reports on the grumble rumble--superb video-- Usborne overhears: "Is this personal?"
The Guardian: decision goes to the Great Red Hope.
Slate gets slobbered upon. Harry Mount declines "masochism offered to you by a sadist." And from the Times of London: "boom goes the dynamite!" (UPDATE: "Perhaps the best account of the bunch was published in the New York Sun, written by New Criterion editor Roger Kimball.")
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About ArmaVirumque ( AHR-mah wih-ROOM-kweh) In the Aeneid, the Roman poet Virgil sang of "arms and a man" (Arma virumque cano). Month in and month out, The New Criterion expounds with great clarity and wit on the art, culture, and political controversies of our times. With postings of reviews, essays, links, recs, and news, Armavirumque seeks to continue this mission in accordance with the timetable of the digital age.
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