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...conversation grinds to a brief, awkward halt, then takes a turn into the wilderness-into the thicket of this young couple's most intimate concerns and darkest fears. Patti tells Laura, a 29-year-old department store salesclerk, that in her opinion it is O.K. to take birth-control pills on the advice of her doctor to help with pms. Then John, coordinator of family ministry at St. Augustine, says, "Is either one of you jealous...
Pentagon officials suspect that Hanoi is still holding back what one Vietnamese officer described to Schweitzer as its ``darkest secrets''--records on some Americans who were killed or tortured to death while in captivity. Yet, in the 212 years since Schweitzer was first granted access, Vietnam has turned over more documents than in the previous 19 years...
...historian," he muses, "it seems particularly appropriate to me that at the darkest time of the year, we should have lights emanating out from trees that lead us out to our very ancient common roots in our cultures. Perhaps we can find some common basis for sharing in these celebrations...
...display seemingly unrelated Southern California scenes, from gardens and swimming pools to the L.A. riots). Cries of anguish come from the clowns, and the playfully romantic final scene, in which Portia teases Bassanio for giving away her ring to the lawyer she played in disguise, is reimagined as the darkest, most poisonously unsettling passage in the play...
...truth is, however, that the era of "English cozies" -- the ladylike, death-stalks-the-vicarage sort of teacup rattler that grannies used to write and read -- is mostly over and widely unmourned. Nor is it necessary these days for women who want to write about the darkest crimes -- P.D. James comes to mind -- to confect not-quite-believable male investigators. It's not a surprise that among the grittiest of this season's crime novels are three written by and about women...