Vidal's old antagonist Norman Mailer was largely at one with him on this, jauntily alleging that endless war was the only way to vindicate the drooping virility of the traditional white American male.

Thousands of small bricklike packages wrapped in plastic and packing tape were piled on a platform.

What a dumbass you are, tardlet.

Entada phaseoloides (Linnaeus) Merrill, also called Entada scandens, the match-box bean or snuff-box sea bean