Word: disappoints
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Susan Elizabeth Phillips, writing from the middle of the country in Naperville, Illinois, is known as a witty romance novelist. She doesn't disappoint with her new book, Match Me if You Can (Morrow), which immediately landed on the New York Times bestsellers list. Galley Girl caught up with Phillips by phone, as she was having tea at a little cafe in Phoenix, taking a breather from her hectic book tour...
...doesn't get easier for me. It gets harder, because I'm really close with my readers. My website bulletin board is the place I interact with my readers. I do a lot of signings. I feel like they're my friends. And I don't want to disappoint anybody. I kind of write from a place of fear, which may not be the best way to do it. I always want to try to bring something fresh to every book. It's getting harder instead of easier. I feel like I work harder with each book...
...apricot-colored jacket. She's also lightening up on the stump a bit, seeming surer, more relaxed and even cracking the occasional joke. The clean-cut, no-nonsense image is meant to make Merkel look more trustworthy than the slicker, suaver Schröder. "If we were to disappoint voters again the way Schröder did in 2002, people would ask themselves whether there is any party they can vote for," says Norbert Röttgen, a senior member of Merkel's campaign team. "Being honest about value-added tax is a strategy to regain the trust...
...precisely such details. The news blackout that cloaked the two principals focused for a while more scrutiny, if possible, on their wives, who dutifully worked their way through a crowded schedule. Raisa Gorbachev, 53, still largely unknown and more unpredictable, attracted particular journalistic interest, and she did not disappoint, peppering her hosts with rapid-fire questions and spontaneous comments. At the University of Geneva, Raisa, a Ph.D. in Marxism-Leninism who has lectured in Communist theory at Moscow State University, startled the rector by engaging him in a conversation about the relationship between philosophy and physics. At a clock museum...
...recruits did not disappoint. Freshman outside hitter Laura Mahon—in the top three on the team in service aces, points, and kills per game and the team leader in digs per game—earned Ivy League Rookie of the Year accolades for her high level of play, and classmate Suzie Trimble was a force down the middle...