Word: condonable
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...told by Richard Condon in his psychopolitical thriller, the story of Raymond was notable for its metaphoric extravagance ("There she sits . . . preening the teeth of her power with the floss of my joy") and its intellectual exhibitionism ("They tittered like thlibii"). As translated into cinema by Director John Frankenheimer (Bird Man of Alcatraz), the story is notable chiefly for a systematic error it makes. It tries so hard to be different that it fails to be itself...
...DORIS CONDON Rockford...
...required eight seconds. "Those six times, he must've been colicky." says one cowboy. The roster of Aught's conquests is the Who's Who of rodeo: Harry Tompkins (five-time world champion bull rider), Billy Hand, Gid Garstead, Pete Crump, Tex Martin, Larry Condon. Recalls Tompkins : "He was really spinning, and all of a sudden, after seven seconds, he sort of stopped and flung me right up on his horns. I was in bad shape, helpless--but he just turned his head, slipped me off, and walked away...
Born. To Marguerite Piazza, 35, Metropolitan Opera soprano turned nightclub diva; and Tennessee Snuffmaker William James Condon, 50: their fourth child (her sixth), third daughter; in Memphis...
Teachers in New York State are bound by the Condon-Wadlin Act, which outlaws strikes by public employees on pain of dismissal and sets a three-year ban on pay raises for rehired strikers. But New York, which already has a teacher shortage, could hardly fire 22,000 teachers. Instead, the board of education stopped the strike with a restraining order. It was up against a militancy that it never quite expected. "People expect teachers to act like angels. But when the board of education acts like a factory owner, we have to respond accordingly," said one picket...