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McMahon ties his characters up in a web of natural images, emphasizing their closeness to the land and wilderness: "The sun stings Catherine's shoulder, a dark yellow bee...She felt her heart being eaten from below the way a tomato is eaten when it brushes the ground...Enthusiasm spread...

Author: By Katherine P. States, | Title: The Real McKay | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

The German settlers McKay takes with him to the Kansas Territory make music boxes that play Old Dog Tray. The young wife McKay takes with him suffers from underwork, a cold heart and a galloping case of pre-feminism. She also dislikes the residents of her husband's hives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Sting | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

The year is 1855. Border raids between Missouri and Kansas, and hatred of Eastern abolitionists, shake McKay's project to the ground. The bees get a disease; most of them die. McKay and Catherine retreat to Boston. In the process, real people as well as real historical events glance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Sting | 10/8/1979 | See Source »

The ruling Ivory Coast Democratic Party asked President Houphouet-Boigny to grant Bokassa asylum for "humanitarian reasons." Houphouet-Boigny agreed to this request in telephone calls from Bokassa's wife, Catherine, on behalf of her children.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: France Denies Bokassa Refuge; Ruler Flees to Ivory Coast | 9/25/1979 | See Source »

By pressing Sadat for concessions on bilateral issues, which the Egyptian President speedily granted, Begin appeared to ignore the importance to Sadat of broadening the peace beyond the borders of Egypt and Israel. At the Haifa press conference, the Israeli Premier proudly announced the agreements: Sadat's promise to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Inching Ahead in Haifa | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

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