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McCarthy excels in the laconic, colloquial dialogue of his Texas and New Mexico cowboys, and the untranslated lingo of his Mexican characters generally rings true as well.
Only twenty years ago did those now ubiquitous and--depending on how one perceives them-- exuberantly eloquent or infuriatingly laconic logos begin to appear on highway and street signs; in terminals (do kilted Scots or slacks-clad women ever end up in the wrong lavatories?); computer screen displays; and instruction manuals for electr(on)ic gadgetry.
Murray's more laconic account is based upon a classical liberal argument: Force is bad; cooperation is good; government is force; ergo, the only legitimate functions of government are to enforce voluntary agreements, and to prevent force and fraud.
The retired general talks to almost no journalist other than Woodward, who helped make him a hero in The Commanders . Besides his wife, it turns out the key figure in Powell's decision not to run was his laconic aide-de-camp, Bill Smullen: He laid out all the reasons Powell gave later for why running would have been the wrong move personally.
I feel even more deeply for those expectant mothers who, turning a corner on a small Swiss station in search of a public convenience, have been faced by that one brutal, laconic word: Abort!