INDEED, the narrator's "crabwalk" lacks subtlety in that its juxtapositions fail to differentiate between family affinities, such as those between parents and children; circumstantial connections, such as that between the shipwreck and Paul's character; and very tenuous associations, like the one between the assassination of Gustloff and the destruction of the ship named in his honor.
It is hard to challenge these lies with a well-reasoned-but-overlong speech — just as, in an odd juxtaposition, Mr. Obama failed to make his case for his Afghanistan policy in a speech in May that was both too short and too shallow.
In place of the Troika plan we propose a "Greek Plan" of fundamental reforms, from the political to the tax system, from transparency to meritocracy to e-governance; a functioning democracy in juxtaposition to a failed clientelistic state capitalism.
Memorable though the title is, Wolf fails to explore fully this intriguing juxtaposition of literature and science.
But he fails to make his admittedly neat juxtapositions coalesce around a single argument about 1989.
Maazel is so scrupulous at eliciting superior execution that he fails to make much of crucial tempo juxtapositions, especially in the 35-minute opening movement, while mitigating the ardent, pulsing song of the finale.
For full appreciation of these trademark cases, one must note that several have bizarre juxtapositions — incongruities — but nevertheless fail to win the court's endorsement as protected parody.
Only the terminally tone-deaf could fail to be astonished by the juxtaposition of last week's two major speeches - President Bush's address marking the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, and Barack Obama's remarks on race in America.
No-one could fail to be amazed by the staggering juxtaposition of the industrial giant that Sellafield has grown into set against such a beautiful rural backdrop on the edge of the Lake District.
But the ultimate irony is that, in this juxtaposition of two great writers, it is James, the master novelist but failed dramatist, who comes off best.
