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...worth preserving. Those who encourage Gail Godwin to include more nastiness, more hard-edged portraits of evil in her novels, have missed the point that this one, her eighth, makes again: it can be just as heroic, and as aesthetically rewarding, to be nice as it is to be horrid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spring Bouquet of Fiction | 3/25/1991 | See Source »

...seizures may occur, and malformations of the kidneys, genitals, intestines and spinal cord may develop. If the cocaine dose is large enough, the blood supply can be cut so sharply that the placenta may tear loose from the uterus, putting the mother in danger and killing the fetus. The horrid litany is not just the result of binges. Even one "hit" of crack can irreparably damage a fetus or breast-fed baby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Crack Comes to the Nursery | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...tender age of 23, should be forced to pay rent, the phone bill, the food bill, the car payment with insurance, gas, maintainance, my student loan payment, clothes bills, taxes (federal, state, and local), and even my movie money The "financial elitism," as practiced by the clubs represents the horrid specter of Fiscal Responsibility rearing its ugly head, roaring that all those who share the privileges must share equally the financial burden. Why, you know what my problem is? The world capitalist system has conspired to practice "financial elitism" on me, forcing me to pay for what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Club Fallacies | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

Phillips came into the season shooting like he was still wearing his football helmet. The part-time splitend shot 14-for-39 (28.5 percent) through his first 10 games, including a horrid 1-for-12 (8.3 percent) from three-point range...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: M. Cagers Tell A Tale of Two Seasons | 3/2/1988 | See Source »

Employing images reminiscent of Stephen King, Conroy graphically depicts the horror of a tortured family. But his skill at imagery also provides passages of beauty, creating a world that is both light and dark, horrid and fantastical...

Author: By Lisa J. Goodall, | Title: Triumph and Tragedy in Colleton, Carolina | 2/20/1988 | See Source »

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