Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Immediately following the list's release, a good deal of hoopla broke out--which is, without a doubt, exactly what Random House was hoping for. Everyone from professors to journalists to people on the street had their complaints, as well as the occasional accolade. Some of the most common gripes: Two works by James Joyce in the top five? Is Ulysses really the greatest novel ever written, and has anyone ever read the whole thing? And why such a proliferation of white males? Only eight women make the list, with Edith Wharton lucky enough to score twice...
This sort of nitpicking, I'm sure, pleases Evans immensely. Now that titles like The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington are suddenly floating around the airwaves, making their way into circles of conversation and, no doubt, appearing in paperback at The Coop, Random House stands to profit. Indeed, the company plans to reissue 10 more novels from the list in the coming year. But is this dose of unabashed consumerism enough to make us want to sneer at the entire project? Not really. The truth is, Americans aren't exactly eating up literary fiction these days. If it takes...
...solo gunslinging of Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, and when this team finishes the job, their numbers will loom with the rest. But good television? This Series has had its share of subplots, but its outcome -- the soul of any sporting event -- has never really been in doubt. Truly, the 1998 Yankees are destined for the history books. But history can be a dull affair when it's viewed this close...
...some observers ask, did he spend so long parroting denials of a sexual affair that half the world seemed to know about? McCurry's answer: "I was aware of the potential for deception, but I just didn't want to believe [Clinton] had the capacity to deceive." No doubt his new bosses in the private sector will appreciate that kind of loyalty. The drollest of press spokesmen may claim to feel "free at last" after three years on the White House podium -- but part of him, it seems, will never leave...
WASHINGTON: It's not the first time this year that a guy called Bill stands accused of telling lies in a videotaped deposition, but it may be the most shocking. When the Justice Department launched the antitrust trial of the decade against Microsoft Monday, observers were left in no doubt that the software giant's CEO was directly in its line of fire. Blown up on larger-than-life monitors, Bill Gates was shown giving testimony about his 1995 dealings with Netscape that directly contradicted memos he wrote at the time. "I had no sense of what Netscape was doing...