Word: classics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...principal settings are those favorite corners of Greeneland, grimy London and a sunnier Third World capital, both pregnant with menace. The story lurches, sometimes comically, toward a classic Greene ending, which combines plausible irony with amazing grace. And the Captain is a typical Greene figure: a man of several names and many shadowy occupations and absences. His enemies are, of course, corrupt officialdom and bourgeois smugness. His story is told by Victor, the boy he says he won at backgammon, or maybe chess -- the tale shifts with the passing years. Along with the wraithlike woman who is the Captain...
...SALE: classic ditty; owned by the same family for 53 years; original condition; used only on special occasions...
...passage to Ecotopia is impossible to buy, because this country of fiercely energized environmentalists exists only in the mind of Berkeley writer Ernest ("Chick") Callenbach, 59. Since his novel Ecotopia was first published in 1975, it has become an environmental classic. Now, after a summer of discontent -- ozone smog, sewage and medical wastes on beaches and fears of a global warming caused by the greenhouse effect -- the novel is winning new popularity. "It's a super book. It really gets students discussing solutions to our environmental problems," says William Hastings, a professor at San Diego Mesa College, who is using...
...Most complaints came from litigants who had lost," said Edwards. "There were an increased number of frivolous complaints that increased the work of the chief judge and did not appear to help uncover judiciary misdemeanors. The [legislation] is a classic example of how Congress, while trying to remedy one set of problems, brings up another...
...Their heads nearly brushed the oars that hung on the low ceiling. Waiters clad in black mini--very mini--dresses fought through the mostly male crowd to take drink orders. The video game in the corner had been turned way down so its noises would not interfere with the classic hits...