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In the 19th century an American dream was 40 acres and a mule. In the second half of the 20th it is a suburban quarter-acre and a maid. For millions, both dreams have meant a significant step up. But for the major characters in John Cheever's fiction...
Cheap Shot. Kiritsis pushed Hall along for four blocks, yelling, "Stay back, stay back!" at astonished pedestrians and gathering police. He then commandeered a patrol car and forced Hall to drive to Kiritsis' two-room flat in Crestwood Village West, seven miles away. Once barricaded in his apartment with...
Out of the morning sun the helicopters come, flying at treetop level to avoid the treacherous downdrafts in Mexico's rugged, majestic Sierra Madre Occidental. A copter scarcely touches down before soldiers leap out, their Belgian FAL rifles at the ready. The troops belong to a 2,300-man...
Some producers are also refusing to pump from wells already drilled. Jones Co. Ltd. of Albany, Texas, spent $4 million drilling four wells in Colorado that one partner, Jon Rex Jones, estimates could be delivering gas to customers in six months. But he insists that he will not connect them...
The 4.21-acre parcel will be the only part of the site of generate tax revenue for the city.