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When Washington reveals that French explorers have buried mysterious metal plates up and down the frontier, die-hard Pynchon fans will lick their chops.
The rest of the left may have turned hawk on Kosovo, but a few die-hard doves remain.
Die-hard Mamet haters complain he's still too abstract, can't write female characters, and "remains a man of the theater" who doesn't get film (David Denby, New York ). ( Slate 's Edelstein reviews The Spanish Prisoner.
It seems reasonable to assume that racquetball will prevail and that paddle-ball will eventually lose its official sanction and will be confined to a few die-hard eccentrics.
Those who took the time to read the article learned that Nixon's support came mostly from Republican circles and that die-hard critics scoffed at his alleged foreign policy expertise.