Word: lostness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MAYBE this book is no Color Purple. It should still be possible to appreciate it for what it is, and at times it is a good story, an entertaining read. It is certainly no worse than many pop novels, and Walker has not lost her power to keep the reader interested...
...daughter of a Jamestown, N.Y., electrician, Ball left home at 15 to study acting in New York City. Although she started as a model and chorus-line beauty, she never lost touch with the insecure, self-conscious adolescent inside her and seemed most at ease when playing a zany or a frump. Her great creation was the Lucy character, a Little Scamp who was forever conniving, forever failing, forever meriting punishment yet winning forgiveness. The thwarted schemer was a figure dating back to the Romans if not the Greeks, but Ball deftly sentimentalized the character, merged its cunning intellect with...
Weicker, a liberal Republican who lost his senatorial seat last November, said in an interview last week that he would consider taking the job as IOP director, though he declined to add whether he was a top candidate for the post...
...Princeton-Harvard tennis rivalry has been dominated by the Crimson the last six years. Harvard hasn't lost to the Tigers since a 5-4 decision in 1982. Last year, the Crimson cruised to a 6-3 victory at Princeton...
Since its trip to California, Harvard has posted a 15-4 mark in doubles. Only once has the Crimson lost more than one doubles match against another team...