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Hey all. Don't worry with helping this guy out, I'll do it.
Ok. Here's a list of characters:
John Pete Ryan (Jack Ryan)
Cathy (Patti) Ryan
Dr. Grubb. (Evil Nazi)
Mr. Shushuutme (Japanese assassin)
J. Clarken. (CIA. Lives in Lebonan)
Chafiz (Palestinian/grew up in LA/joined the Army. Clarken's assistant)
And here's a write-up
"One of the eternal verities of life is that every other August, a new
thriller by that great writer called TOM CLANCY will come out. DEBT OF
HONOR, his latest offering, just released last year, continues the fine
tradition of sex, violence, and saving-the-world that so characterizes the
whole of Western Literature.
DEBT OF HONOR begins with a bang, literally. Jack Pete Ryan is disturbed by
a late-night telephone call. When he answers, the single, cryptic clue that
drives the story is revealed: "Dr. Grubb is loose". With this, Ryan must
travel across timezones and across the world in a race against time to save
the world from certain destruction. But complications arise when, while
interrogating Japanese assassin ShuShuutme, Ryan is alerted via cellphone
that Patti Ryan is leaving him. Apparently, she felt neglected, and feels
cooped up in role as a nurse in one of Baltimore's finest Mental
Institutions. Ryan must save now save both his own, private world, and the
world of everyone else.
Airtravel plays a major symbolic role in the story. On one hand, it
symbolizes the get-there-faster-quicker-better attitude that so
characterizes American life, on the other, it serves to remind the reader of
a very practical reality: love your local Muslim, otherwise who knows what
might happen. Ryan learns both, the second in a hilarious scene in which he
and Clarken and Chafiz get into a fight after Ryan calls them, 'Ragheads'.
This scene, while funny, shows Ryan as a slightly racist and flawed
character. And like in all of literature, this Tragic Flaw brings about the
tragic ending. The President, God Save Him, is killed, choking on a rigged
celebratory cigar, planted by Grubb, while presiding over a joint session of
Congress."
--Michael
Given his short time on the premises, Michael is REALLY getting the hang of
a.b.t-c.
Grey Satterfield
Thank you. I can only say it results from extensive practical demonstration
by the regulars here. <g>
--Michael
>"gws" <g...@oscn.net> wrote in message
>> Given his short time on the premises, Michael is REALLY getting the hang
>of a.b.t-c.
>
>Thank you. I can only say it results from extensive practical demonstration
>by the regulars here. <g>
Nevertheless, 1 hour 44 minutes between the idiot's query and your
post was impressive.
OJ III
[Is the green showing?]
I try. <g>
It's mainly because I have _way_ too much time on my hands now that summer
vacation has rolled around and I have nothing to do. Later this week, the
gap between posts will likely be up to 4 because I'm taking two college
courses over the summer. <g>
--Michael
>Nevertheless, 1 hour 44 minutes between the idiot's query and your
>post was impressive.
Just enough time to get lots of caffeine in the system and go
nuts, eh, Michael?
GFM <-- I've had said "down a sixer", but you've stated a
dislike for ETOH...
--
Geof F. Morris
Dean, The Indiana Jones School of Management
mailto:use...@ijsm.org | http://www.ijsm.org
No, no. I wasn't on anything when I wrote that, I swear. It just comes
naturally.
Actually, I had written a longish letter explaining the moral failure to
come to a newsgroup and ask for help...and then I realized that, wait,
there's nothing like abject lessons, so I wrote that little "helpful" bit of
doggeral. <g>
--Michael
Interesting name. JPMORGANSS... I served with a JP Morgan, he was a
sonar girl. Any relation?
BlackBeard
Submarines once, Submarines twice...
" To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others;
To leave the world a better place, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you lived.
This is to have succeeded".
Old fogey mode: Get a job! :-)
No...! Must...avoid...honest..work...and...responsibility....this summer!
--Michael
:"Jason Atkinson" <jaat...@NOSPAM.edu> wrote in message
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:>
:> Old fogey mode: Get a job! :-)
:
:No...! Must...avoid...honest..work...and...responsibility....this summer!
Just do the old Maynard G. Krebbs routine (which you're much to young
to remember). Whenever he heard the word, he would exclaim in a
high-pitched, terror-filled voice -- "WORK!!!"
I have never had *any* doubts as to just who the
inspiration for Shaggy might have been.
--
Jack
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> "Fred J. McCall" <fmc...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:aukkhuol4lgccj009...@4ax.com...
> > "Michael Adams" <art...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > :"Jason Atkinson" <jaat...@NOSPAM.edu> wrote in message
> > :news:12nihu07gn0u1e550...@4ax.com...
> > :>
> > :> Old fogey mode: Get a job! :-)
> > :
> > :No...! Must...avoid...honest..work...and...responsibility....this
> > :summer!
> >
> > Just do the old Maynard G. Krebbs routine (which you're much to young
> > to remember). Whenever he heard the word, he would exclaim in a
> > high-pitched, terror-filled voice -- "WORK!!!"
> >
> Good ol' Maynard. Played the bongos,
> thought Dizzy Gillespie was something close to
> a god and, come to think of it, did some of the last
> season as a beatnik draftee.
Even funnier was that Bob Denver, who played Maynard, actually had an MA
in English Literature and had taught it.