Word: finely
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After graduating summa cum laude in English, Updike studied at the Rushkin School of Fine Arts in Oxford, England on a Knox Fellowship...
...YORK: So much for deal brokering -- now comes the haggling over the fine print...
Nothing very promising, those familiar with postmodernist literary and largely sterile ironies might guess. In this instance, they would be wrong. For one thing, it is not necessary to know a single word of Great Expectations to have a fine, suspenseful time reading Jack Maggs. Carey takes a cue from Dickens but then ad-libs an original and freestanding performance, replete with the sorts of twists and shocks and coincidences that originally gave page turners a good name. And those readers who retain a clear sense of Dickens' novel will encounter a trove of subtle allusions, not just...
Even for Burt Reynolds--once and forever movie star, icon and damn fine actor--there are things in life besides an Oscar...
RAMPANT RESUMANIA Don't politicians love to talk! Take Senators. And their resumes in the Congressional Directory--printed at taxpayers' expense. On average, it takes 14 lines of fine print for each of the 100 to list family, educational pedigrees, military valor, career coups and "distinguished" awards (Republicans tend to need 15 lines, Democrats only 13). Who's the Senate's run-off-at-the-mouth winner? None other than its filibuster champion, Strom Thurmond, at--count 'em--79 lines. The Top 10 boasters...