Word: carey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time the governess beholds the church, Australian Author Peter Carey's third novel has begun to build to a spectacular finish. But none of the surprises to come are any more outlandish than the trail of circumstances and coincidences that have led up to them. Like the glass structure it celebrates, Oscar and Lucinda seems the stuff of shimmering, transparent fantasy, held together by the struts of 19th century history and the mullions of painstaking detail. The book does not, of course, weigh twelve tons, but it will seem substantial enough to readers unable to put it down...
...Carey's title provides an answer to the first and most obvious question: Who on earth would go to the considerable trouble of making a glass church materialize in the Australian outback? Why, Oscar and Lucinda, naturally. But who are (or were) they, what brought them together, and why did they conceive such a pointless, improbable dream? Explanations, as the author supplies them, grow ever less simple and more entertaining...
...hardball style of practice. Finley, Kumble started in 1968 with a handful of attorneys and a then novel intent to operate like a business. This year, with offices in 13 U.S. cities and London, it has boasted 684 lawyers, including such prominent names as former New York Governor Hugh Carey and former Senators Paul Laxalt and Russell Long. Plagued by years of in-house feuding and a bank debt of some $60 million, however, the firm may soon be better known as Finley, Crumble. Partners have been huddling to consider shrinking the firm, while denying they are on the verge...
Students said that the new gym will hopefully allevaite some of the crunch on the B-School's current athletic facility, Carey Cage...
...think it's a great thing," said Amy Davidson, a first-year student. "I work out at Carey, but it gets very crowded and there's not much equipment...