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...portrayal with a shred or two of personal dignity. Novelist Jean Rhys, who died in 1979, and Sonia Orwell, George Orwell's widow, who died a year later, have been observed in the distorting half-light of their declining days, when illness and alcoholism had served to dim the mind and obscure the spirit...
...dim first days of the Dallas franchise, when the Cowboys waited until their second season to win their first game, the Redskins were scarcely better. By that second year, Dallas tied the Redskins. Come the third season, the Cowboys massacred them in Washington, 38-10. Football fans in the capital began to be annoyed...
...course, the mayor's options remain open. He doesn't plan to announce his intentions until mid-May, by which time the Weld investigation or The Globe may have around enough anti-White opinion to dim the prospects for a fifth term. But for the past year, Mayor White has consistently discussed the 1983 race in the future tense, not the conditional. And if his chances look good, he won't pass up the chance to make it two full decades in City Hall. Then, his rivals may learn once and for all that right does not always make might...
...next week, a selection of 350 Sheraton reviews in book form has sold out its first printing of 25,000 copies. Awkwardly titled Mimi Sheraton's The New York Times Guide to New York Restaurants, the $9.95 paperback is as diverse as the city, ranging from minuscule Chinatown dim-sum joints to the midtown cathedrals of continental cuisine...
...reading period, four pre-med roommates found their organize chemistry final approaching faster than they might ideally have wished. The day before the exam, they realized that their hopes of success on the test were dim at best. And their hopes of admission into medical school, which in turn, of course, had immeasurable influence on their hopes for fiscally rewarding adult lives were lading before their eyes. Calculating realistically, they determined that what they really needed was another solid 48 hours to study for the exam, which unfortunately was scheduled in approximately...