Flirting with Maud, he wittily caps a Freud citation -- "On the other side of attraction lies repulsion" -- with, "Or was that Calvin Klein?" But even Roland's erudition is embedded in sardonic verbal patter that makes him seem flippant about his scholarly quest: "Imagine if I could prove that Mr. Perfect Husband actually had, like, this Shakespearian-type 'Dark Lady' thing going".
What distinguishes the book from being just another explicit tell-all, however, is his commitment to the romantic side of attraction.
Traditionalists will also get to see the original Birch West Pier ticket booths restored and placed either side of the attraction as they go in – both a happy and an ironic gesture, given the protests that greeted their arrival in 1866.
A strike ballot did at least win a rise in the pay-off terms, to £1,000 about three weeks' typical wages per year of service.That is the flip side of Britain's attraction for foreign investors; "easy come, easy go", says a Transport and General Workers Unionn official, sourly.
I know I have put on some weight over the last few years; up until this point, I could still convince myself that I was just on this side of a circus attraction.
Discovering the other side of the Thames Attractions Vinopolis, the wine museum, is at 1 Bank End, 44-200) 7645 3700; www.vinopolis.co.uk.
Suddenly, in substance as well as in form, the movie leaps far beyond casual chat and deep into historical shudderings, intimate passions, the inescapable pull of family, the personal side of politics, the mystery of attraction, the bind of tradition and modernity, and the sheer random force of modern catastrophe.
The rooms are on the pretty side of plain, but the real attraction is the seafront terrace, where – particularly at night – you'll hear nothing but the waves breaking on the sand.
It took a constant side attraction of gaming, put it front and centre and told us all: "Oi, this shit is fun, you should do it more".
Another type of attraction is that between nonpolar side chains of valine, leucine, isoleucine, and phenylalanine; the attraction results in the displacement of water molecules and is called hydrophobic interaction.
He doesn't like to delve deeply into the mysteries of attraction - nor into the ugly side of romance.
