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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1985)
Thursday, January 31, 1985 Parents realize Idiets and exercise (have some benefits j Sometimes It takes a v. I lls, but eventually It happens: parents r?d;:? j their kids weren't so dumb after all.' It all started before 1 v. 2 3 In high school. I was at the axe of discovery and q had discovered that the wcrd "cdo rie" had meaning. I was certain that ,mce I knew of the stuff of which pounds were made, they would surely make their way Into my body, bulging land distorting it into an obtuse shape. J Mom would serve a hamburger crt my I piste or hamburger bum, fresh, hot 1 dripping right from the frying pan, 'After grace, I would jump up from the ' table and race to the cs.bir.et and back i! with a paper towel. I would pick up the still-dripping patty and squish and squash that hamburger until I was sure Jail the "fat" was out of it. For this uncalled for disruption I received glow pin from mv Barents. Eat I would cersa- vpre. for I WS3 not about to get fat on ! t fl 1L r. . namourger. uwcuiaie, rasyzjg, ljli net I hamburger. Not when it could be welded. Daily Nsbraskan Cheryl Alberts The next step was that I wanted mom to buy low-fat milk. But here the line was drawn there wasn't enough room in the reiigcratcr for two gallons of milk, and no one would even try the percent I said was just as good as whole milk. Without ever havir.g tasted it, my family knew it tasted like skim milk, which was "the next thing to water." Probably the last straw in an effort to keep fit was when I started to run. After I got my very own country summer house, which extended into winter liv ing quarters, I began running back and forth between the folks' and my house in sub-zero temperatures. Not only that, but I'd often ran around the sec tion just for the heck of it. My dad no longer muttered, he shouted. "You're loonier than I thought! If I told you to go run around the section, you wouldn't do it" Probably not, dad Probably not. But I felt rest. Times and attitudes change, but no one was more surprised than I when my mom secretly told me she was joining Nutri-System jast to less 20 pounds or so. My poor dad now thought we both had gone bonkers. He didn't my a let But mom and I kr.CT? th;t r-ten did is silent, he is s-jtLJr There is r.cr?. Over C:1:tr.is treafc, I found icy r.o lii ilir.ii her owrt exercise prc::r.i cfv;:".:r;3 tX bat a mile a drt, h h:r crn llllzx r.o less. I I watched closely fcr dad's reidion on j this one. Oddly tneugh, there wss no I anger, no shoaling, only genuine con- cern when he wondered where she ti- Book J ;.Oli yes, one final tMsg. New 2 per I cent is the only nsilk in the reMgerstor. I Seems that; once it was tried, it-was I found to taste just ays good as whole milk.-' ;.- :- I ;' I never thought it would go' this far. . out do i say, 'See? or MI told you so!". No, but it's kinda funny how parents do seem to-come around bnorl Tlje ira Schcd cf ft-le his additional cpr-j fcr stcis to Oratorio Chcrus f :r ths ?;rir Era son prmnt-ticn cf ilr.i:"s dra matic criteria, "Gclcr.cn." -57 nos zr,i br-rs-crs rrrtjcIrriy needed, tut C recti-: -3 tr? still open. TiTiyj-i ir.t:r:;t:i in p:r-fcrr.lr-v.-;:h Criir.b Cherts t:J cor.t-ct CL":t Ccv;:t C;"?, dlrte tor, ti 472-2 3 a iZI SCC I Z:z sals rre h:Ii Lzr 1:D CCD P-n.. cr v.:--? crr'.r'i b V.'::t fcrock r::-t:i XU o tta iv.'L campus. inaed frcra V&m 9 The plot unfolds 25 pages into the book after characterization, set ting, atmosphere and tedious reviews cf history are presented. The pacing is good, but the book has frequent digressions, such as two pages that seve no purpose other than to work in a cheap shot on Galbraith. Buckley promotes him self by Inserting his name at the top of every odd numbered page and other irrelevant advertisements. Buckley's style Is graceful adn elaborate, but I found only one interesting metaphor, since he has a flair for declaration and invection. Kennedy's thoughts occupy about 10 pages of the book. In fact, this is a major problem with the book. All the characters think the same way Buckley does, though less polemi cally. Even Blackford Oakes, who he speaks rather likeBegart, t!'l thinks like a transcript from Firir.g line. Oakes resembles Buckley he may be Buckley's alter ego. They are the same age, both graduated from Yale, and alter college Buckley work ed for the CIA. Their political views are identical, except Oakes is shackled from presenting his views because of his obligation to the CIA. Then why does he speak in short, utilitarian bursts with direct sar casm and yet think in cc-.r.pbx .granmar with drawn cut, Edward ian irony? ' The book is fine. But it i3 by no means a masterpiece, The style is unpoetic, the characters flat, the mechanics blunt and the plot hard to believe. 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