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On the positive side, "Faludi's reportorial and literary skills unfold with a breathtaking confidence and beauty" (Elizabeth Gleick, Time ). More often, though, critics call the book "didactic and highly simplistic" (Kakutani, the New York Times ). Judith Shulevitz finds a flaw at the center of Faludi's thesis: She "assumes something that's no longer true: that America is in the throes of downsizing and loss"; and her focus on the marginalized and downsized distorts her view: "she should have said she was talking about class; she claimed to be talking about gender" (the New York Times Book Review ). (Click here to listen to an interview with Faludi.)
Among modern attractions, the flashiest is Oriental Studio 2000, Guangzhou’s answer to Hollywood’s Universal City, where daily shows are staged on two movie sets, one evoking notorious Shanghai in the 1930s, the other a traditional courtyard in the throes of a kungfu battle.
The city of Mérida seems to be in the throes of a constant fiesta, hosting live cultural shows at sites around the downtown area.
In the throes of giving, Rockefeller wrote to an associate:
Sweet, tremulous Joy Jordan (Jane Adams), the youngest, has turned 30 and still lives in the house of her parents, Mona (Louise Lasser) and Lenny (Ben Gazzara), who have a condo in Florida and are in the throes of a vexingly tentative separation.