Word: gores
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...friend Gore Vidal, an acute and frequently caustic observer, is notably uncynical in his assessment of Newman: "He has a good character, and not many people do. I think he would rather not do anything wrong, whether on a moral or an artistic level. He is what you would call a man of conscience-not necessarily of judgment, but of conscience. I don't know any actors like that." Susan Newman considers her singular father and says with an innocent smile, "Who knows? None of us in the family has a handle on how Old Skinny Legs made...
...estimated $16 million project in Adams, Claverly, the Gore Half of Winthrop, old Leverett and old Quincy next summer will entail about two-and-a-half times the repairs done this summer. Director of Facilities Thomas Quinn said yesterday...
...disintegrated in conciliatory mutters and a handshake. So it goes too often. Even the Hatfields and the McCoys are said to be on cordial terms these days. Who knows but that in the dank, unhealthy future lies the collective rapprochement of Lillian Hellman, Mary McCarthy, Diana Trilling, Truman Capote, Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer-all hugging wildly or nodding demurely in disgusting displays of propriety? One can hardly rely on anything...
...play the game anyway: Would it be anything like a literary disaster if Gore Vidal were suddenly to fall silent? Easy: No. In fact, there is something to be said for the idea. What if John Updike were to stop writing? A shame, but not a duster for American culture. Walker Percy? Joyce Carol Gates? Donald Barthelme? No. Philip Roth? Joseph Heller? William Styron? Truman Capote? John Gardner? John Irving? Norman Mailer? Stop It gets to be a pogrom. The mind flips through its card catalogue. Very few disastrous silences loom...
...shortage seems more acute in East Cambridge Young adults, torn between the desire to start a home of their own and to continue to live in the neighborhood, usually remain in the family lodging until a vacancy develops. "people aren't moving unless it's a necessity," says the Gore St resident, "and you can count [the number of vacant houses] on your hand...