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...autobiographical creation. Jo March, eldest of the Little Women, and the two fused as a symbol of dashing individuality and creativity within the loving constraints of the family. When I was eight, I thought nothing could be more glorious than the way Louisa Mary-Jo hid herself in a garret, recording the tearful story of her family's adventures, and then secretly sold the novel to make money to give to her family. In retrospect, I realize that this picture was as deceptively rosy as the rouge on Amy March's cheeks. Not only do Alcott's books celebrate...
Radcliffe was almost forced to withdraw from the competition when they were unable to find a shell in which to race. Harvard refused to lend the 'Cliffe a four, but Radcliffe coach Garret Oimstead was finally able to borrow a shell from...
Squeezing the 17 members of the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis big band onto the tablecloth-size stage of Manhattan's Village Vanguard is like trying to wedge the master singers of Nuremberg into Rodolfo's garret hole in Paris. The jam requires the four trumpeters to stand against the rear wall all night long. If he is not careful, a sax player can easily get a shot in the ear from a sliding trombone...
...show's producer and cast had recently sought an injunction to prevent Suffolk County District Attorney Garret Byrne from prosecuting them for an allegedly immoral performance...
...writing another book yet," said Breslin. "That starving in the garret stuff is fine for the writer. But what about the people you take starving with you-a wife and six kids. All that noise!" He paused. "I could come back doing the movie clock for the Record-American too. Who knows? At least...