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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Woven together with haunting languge and a bizarre story line, Ocean Sea centers around four lost souls staying at a seaside inn, each hoping that the ocean's therapeutic power will heal their spiritual wounds. The characters are a mixture of precocious children and wizened adults who all offer trite commentary on the book's constant effort to present deep and soul-searching questions. Perhaps the most ridiculous characters are the two men: Professor Bartleboom, who tries to measure the end of the infinite sea, and Plasson the painter who tries to paint where the sea begins. As Bartleboom combs...

Author: By Cara New, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Seaside Soul Searching | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...same morning, three inn guests woke up to find their cars vandalized and looted...

Author: By David S. Stolzar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CAMBRIDGE POLICE LOG | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

...same night, the Mary Prentiss Inn was also victim to a series of crimes. The morning of Feb. 14, the co-owner of the inn, located at 6 Prentiss St., discovered that someone had stolen an IBM computer from an unlocked workshop area...

Author: By David S. Stolzar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CAMBRIDGE POLICE LOG | 2/17/1999 | See Source »

...like a sack of potatoes," says Bruce Harris, executive director of a children's shelter in San Jose, Costa Rica. One doesn't have to go far to see his point. Down the street from the San Jose police headquarters, 10-year-old prostitutes await customers from the Holiday Inn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tourists Who Prey On Kids | 2/15/1999 | See Source »

DIED. CLAYTON ("Peg Leg") BATES, 91, one-legged tap dancer; in Fountain Inn, S.C. Bates didn't let an accident that severed his leg at the age of 12 keep him from dancing. Wearing a wooden limb outfitted with metal taps, he hoofed from the 1920s to 1989; appeared in vaudeville, film and TV; performed with musicians such as Louis Armstrong; and made more than 20 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Dec. 21, 1998 | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

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