Word: furse
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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One has the eerie feeling of dipping into a version of Proust's Swann's Way written from the point of view of the object of Swann's fixation. Farrell in no way resembles the fictional Odette, but she tries to distance herself from suffocating attention, tries to limit passion...
Alexander portrays Myerson as a woman who loved too much and too desperately through two failed marriages and numerous affairs. That picture is so convincing that Myerson's willingness to hire Judge Gabel's nearly unemployable daughter as a way to induce Gabel to lower Capasso's alimony payments makes...
Somewhat to the north, a people known as the East Slavs began settling in the dense forests in about A.D. 500, finally occupying an area from what is now Leningrad to Kiev. From their forests, they shipped furs and honey down the Dnieper to the imperial capital of Constantinople. In...
It certainly was a hairy issue. Supporters of a ban on the sale of furs in plush Aspen, Colo., pelted their opponents with charges of indifference to animals. Those opposed bristled back that the matter was not a proper concern of government. Last week a record 71% of the town...
By then, Charles had become general manager of Kakas furs. He had lied on his application, saying he had won an athletic scholarship to Brown University (which awards none), but the managers were so impressed by Stuart's composure and charm that they would have hired him anyway. Stuart seemed...