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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...scheme to sell towers stocked with insect-eating bats to the gullible public. In 1973 McGuane upped the ante with Ninety-Two in the Shade, a dazzling novel of free- floating angst and male brinkmanship set in the Florida Keys. Ninety-Two was nominated for a National Book Award, and McGuane became, in the words of ^ Saul Bellow, "a kind of language star." Critics compared the 34-year-old author to Faulkner, Hemingway, Chekov and Camus. The big time -- and Tinseltown -- beckoned. McGuane became a celluloid hotshot, penning scripts for Rancho Deluxe and Tom Horn among other movies. In exchange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOM MCGUANE: He's Left No Stone Unturned | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

Harvard also announced its annual award-winners at last week's banquet, where Derek Mills, Jamie Reilly and Andrew Goldfarb garnered honors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Booters Honored | 12/19/1989 | See Source »

...said that he was delighted to win the award, even thought he was not very familiar with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prof Nabs $200K Grant For Research on Ethics | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

...only thing I knew about the award was that Isaiah Berlin received it two years ago," Sen said, referring to a retired Oxford University professor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prof Nabs $200K Grant For Research on Ethics | 12/15/1989 | See Source »

Goal of the Week: Not taking dramatics into account (Mike Vukonich's last-second goal would take the honor, hands down), this week's award goes to Tim Burke for his "I-can't-believe-that-was-a-goal" goal in the second period...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Back to Two Goalies | 12/14/1989 | See Source »

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