Word: beare
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...Queen of England, Prince of Wales and Paul "Bear" Bryant notwithstanding, Stephen Jay Gould may have about as much job security as anyone in the world. To start with, Gould, who celebrated his 40th birthday this week, has been a tenured professor of geology since 1973--a virtually un-loseable, though hardly unique, position. But Gould is also the winner of a mysterious, no-strings-attached MacArthur Foundation grant; given to "geniuses" (who do not apply) by a secret panel of scholars, the grant totals $200,000 over five years and cannot be revoked for any reason. Finally, over...
...then, in the final modern scene, Mike's film world falls to pieces. This is the Pinter-Reisz equivalent of Fowles' unhappy ending: a "wrap party" to celebrate the film's completion. Mike cannot bear the prospect of losing Anna. Where can she be? She is in the room where the final period sequence was shot, examining herself in one of Sarah's mirrors. But Anna engages in no searching of soul or image-just a glance and a primp and she's off. Mike reaches the room as the car motor...
Distraction-a job, a family-is the writer's great enemy. Talent is not enough. One must have the discipline and strength of a trained bear. Says Irving: "The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything...
...This is enough, I thought. Enough, for sure. And I was winding through the other, roaring bear cages when Gallen screamed, Schrutt's out! I thought. But when I squinted through cage corners and down the dark paths toward the Small Mammal House, I saw a man-shaped figure, loping more or less on all fours, turn the corner by the Monkey Complex-followed by another just like him, though not as thick in the chest. The orangutan and the lowland gorilla, in cahoots...
...heroes like T.S. Garp and John Berry of Hotel New Hampshire challenge social dogmas and traditional sexual roles. Although they sleep with women and could flatten most opponents, Garp and Berry are mother-men. They nurture and protect an extended family of offspring with the tenacity of a she-bear...