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prurient
In Praise of Messy Lives: Essays

a culture more enamored of prurient gossip than of literature itself

on biographies of great writers

—p.81 The Bratty Bystander (81) by Katie Roiphe
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vituperation

there is punitive, vituperative quality in the published reviews

—p.63 The Naked and the Conflicted (63) by Katie Roiphe
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odalisque

the irresistible odalisques sprawled across his dorm bed

—p.50 Beautiful Boy, Warm Night (47) by Katie Roiphe
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gestalt

she was kind of wonderful-looking, with her fabulous, disheveled gestalt

—p.48 Beautiful Boy, Warm Night (47) by Katie Roiphe
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Maastricht Treaty
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?

after France and a reunited Germany agreed by the Maastrict Treaty to create the euro. The French conservative daily Le Figaro had this to say on its front page: 'In the 1920s it was said that Germany would pay reparations. Now Germany is paying. The Maastrict Treat is a Versailles Treaty without war!'

—p.67 An Indecent Proposal (38) by Yanis Varoufakis
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