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Ideally, an emblematic passage would provide the unambiguous evidence of awfulness. Alther's opening three words ("An ivory BMW") and her initial description of her middle-aged, open-married Manhattan heroine ("Clea Shawn was a sophisticated woman . . . she'd been in love so often that her heart felt like a sponge mop") are certainly warning signs. So is Alther's early summary of the passions that bind two women "Elke felt like a pile of nails being pulled to pieces by a magnet residing inside Clea." But such maladroit introductory passages could be dismissed as the ironic setup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: One To Miss | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

Laub, 22, waived his right to appeal the decision to a jury trial as part of a joint recommendation from Assistant District Attorney Clea Andreadis and Laub's lawyer, Ronald P. Locke...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Protester Fined For HLS Disruption | 9/11/1988 | See Source »

...players include Captain Clea Waite and Jennie Snyder. "Jennie Snyder started playing last year, then she made the Junior National team over the summer, which is quite an accomplishment," Freed said...

Author: By Chris Thorne, | Title: Aquawomen Host Eastern Tourney | 4/29/1988 | See Source »

...staged a partial comeback, cranking in four unanswered goals. Fried floated one over the outstretched hands of Crimson goalie Tanya Humphreys, and then assisted teammate Clea Waite, Kathy Warren notched two successive short-handed goals, closing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scoreboard | 4/24/1985 | See Source »

...band's five members are lead singer Regina F. Burch `84, guitarist Alison H. Brown `84, drummer Elainc L. Harris `84, percussionist Eve Sicular `83, and bass player Clea Waite, a junior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Sextet | 4/22/1983 | See Source »

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