Word: barth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...amused by the manifesto. "It's the sort of thing ((Wolfe)) says," he complains. "It seems sort of self-serving and superficially felt. It seems to me that isms, including Magical Realism and Minimalism, are all honorable alternatives to being realistic." Updike is echoed by fellow novelist John Barth, whom Wolfe calls "the peerless leader" of the retreat from realism for his "neo- fabulist" style. Barth says Wolfe's manifesto "is much too narrow a view. I see the feast of literature as truly a smorgasbord. I wouldn't want a world in which there were only Balzac and Zola...
While the bailout plan may reassure S & L depositors, the tough capital requirements will spell trouble for many marginal thrifts. James Barth, chief economist of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which regulates S & Ls, estimates that 674 thrifts, or almost one-fourth of all federally insured U.S. savings institutions, would fail to meet the new capital standards. As a result, many thrifts would be forced to liquidate or combine with healthier institutions...
...lost $6.9 billion last year. In the rest of the country, S and Ls eked out a collective $100 million profit, but the industry is sharply divided between highly profitable institutions and those losing money at a rapid clip. "The bad few are pulling down the majority," says James Barth, chief economist for the Federal Home Loan Bank Board...
...Barth asked me the question three times, almost as Jesus Christ asks Peter, 'Do you love me?' " Smith recalls. "I found that I could not really answer the question truthfully. I thought I was free, and yet I was not sure...
Janet Packer, classical violin; and George Barth, piano--Edward Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music...