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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Years passed, and it began to look as if there might not be any novel at all. Powers published another story collection in 1975, Look How the Fish Live, but after that came only silence. Now, at 71, he has produced Wheat That Springeth Green, and, praise be, he has made a liar of himself. There is a priest in the book. Wheat, in fact, is devoted entirely to Father Joe Hackett, who in the late 1960s arrives as the rector of the comfortable suburban parish of SS. Francis and Clare. And once again, the central dilemma is that however...
...working together. But to keep growing, the private outfits continue to come up with new offerings. If either side in the Harper-Lorimar case is unhappy with the eventual verdict, for example, some of the rent-a-judge outfits have a new option they could always look into: rent-an-appeals-judge...
...generous, and the heavy work is yet to come: the hands ringing in the heather and the hands wringing over the gorse. Scottish golf is a bouncier brand, played as much on the ground as in the air, and only when the putts are rolling well does anyone look...
...narrower palette. Many women in the Dome were color coordinated: their red high heels matched the royal hue of the convention's carpet. The men sported tans that matched their tan suits. It was all so homogeneous. Comedian Jackie Mason, wandering around the convention, observed that "everyone here looks like they have a relative who is a West Point graduate. They all look like if they had sex they wouldn't get excited. They look like they wouldn't call for help if they were drowning because they didn't want to disturb anyone. The Democrats are a coffee-shop...
...Bush. Look, he stood out there for 30 minutes answering questions. I don't know what he was doing. What questions are left? The bottom line is this: he is a man qualified to be Vice President. Is it a good selection? Am I comfortable with it in the face of these allegations? At this point, the answer...