Word: archers
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...small d. That Mcdonald. Not the late Ross Macdonald, creator of the estimable Lew Archer, nor John D. MacDonald, inventor of Travis McGee. Why three unrelated Americans with, more or less, the same Scottish clan name should have written some of the best detective stories of the past couple of decades is, appropriately enough, a mystery. But Gregory Mcdonald is appealingly fresh and impudent in his tales of Fletch, the irreverent reporter, and Flynn, the Boston supercop. The civilized and resourceful Inspector Francis Xavier Flynn is on duty here, spying out malefaction at something called the Rod and Gun Club...
...ranch in Santa Barbara, Calif., Travolta could not resist taking the disc out for a quick spin. Much to the publisher's dismay, Travolta was still at the computer two hours later, doing daredevil stunts 5,000 feet above Los Angeles in an imaginary Piper 181 Cherokee Archer...
...years, he has watched the creators of Lew Archer and Travis McGee pick up all the applause and critical esteem. No longer. At 58, after 24 novels in 32 years, Elmore Leonard has finally won it all: money, raves and, this month, an Edgar-the Mystery Writers of America version of the Oscar. No more is he the hard-cover talent with the paperback rep. His most recent books have been phenomenal sellers, four major publishers are reissuing 14 of his works, and Avon has just paid $363,000 for paperback rights to his latest, LaBrava. The film...
...sure, the issue was never one of total suppression, since both court records and the paperbound publications remained readily available. Still, the Government did end up having second thoughts. Tax Division Chief Glenn Archer's signature was on the censorship petition, and at first he defended it to reporters. But after the storm of criticism, the department contended Archer had not known what his assistants were asking for. "This doesn't represent the policy of the Justice Department," said Deputy Attorney General Edward Schmults. "It was a mistake, and it won't happen again...
...that the law would cover membership in private clubs that derive "a substantial portion of income from business sources"? Supporters of the proposal noted that much legal business is transacted in clubs that routinely exclude women or members of minority groups. A nay vote, argued Dennis Archer of Detroit, "would be an A.B.A.-sanctioned blackball against some of your colleagues." The delegates backed the proposal, 183 to 152, although there was no official recommendation that lawyers as individuals should resign membership in discriminatory clubs...