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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...THIRD BANK OF THE RIVER AND OTHER STORIES, by João Guimarães Rosa. The mystical core of a significant Brazilian writer is revealed in this collection of stories, published posthumously...
...Jo Anne Worley, 30, a farmer's daughter from Lowell, Ind., is a former cover girl-on the back of Mad magazine. She served as a standby for Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly! in 1964, became a favorite on the talk-show circuit with her mugging antics and raucous, snorting laugh. A tall, buxom brunette, she will cry, "When you're down and out, lift up your head and shout: I'm down...
Patterson's frustrations came to a head two weeks ago, over an article by a bright young girl columnist named B.J. (for Billie Jo) Phillips. Three weeks ago, her editorial page column tackled the Georgia Power Co., which is seeking a rate increase to offset the 10% federal income tax surcharge...
...THIRD BANK OF THE RIVER AND OTHER STORIES by Joāo Guimarāes Rosa. 238 pages. Knopf...
...four years after he was judged an "immortal" worthy of being seated by the Brazilian Academy of Letters, Joāo Guimarāes Rosa donned the official gold-braided uniform and formally took his chair. Publicly, he explained the delay by saying he had been too busy to write his acceptance speech. Privately, he feared that becoming an "immortal" was an unnecessary challenge to his own mortality. Seventy-two hours after the ceremony, his seven-year-old niece went into his study to offer him some popcorn and found him dead of a heart attack...