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Back in the old days, like 1979 or 1959, the Times editorial page was the repository of the conventional wisdom written in a uniquely ponderous style that combined voice-of-God self-confidence and the bromides of a foundation-backed task-force report.
It is not: "In the latter Tang dynasty," says the wall panel, "Buddhist images tended to become more ponderous, fleshy, and overly ornate, completely departing from the slender and ethereal beauty characteristic of many sixth-century sculptures."
He tells of Hitler's love of romantic poetry and "creamy Viennese cakes"--the only exceptions, apparently, to his unyielding asceticism--and speculates, in ponderous footnotes studded with citations from Kierkegaard, on the theological nature of evil.
The 21-year-old British author's youth and good looks are cited as major factors in the blockbuster advance ($800,000) and ballyhooed publication of this ponderous gothic novel.
sputters and sprawls, breathtakingly unaware of how ponderous it is" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). The problem?