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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ages. One handy target is the German-born Alexandra, who is described in the novel as a featherbrained traitor to Russia. Pikul's fictional Tsar Alexander III is quoted as saying of his future daughter-in-law and her German relatives, "I have a feeling they have a lot in their pants but very little under their hats...
...service stations are selling gasohol, made from gasoline with a 10% lacing of grain alcohol, and Carter's program would enable production to jump. Says Robert Chambers of Iowa's A.C.R. Process Corp., an engineering firm for distilleries: "I've been dealing with a lot of people who have not yet given us the go-ahead to order equipment, but the President's program will make a great deal of difference." From California to New England, investment bankers are pulling together various backers for alcohol ventures...
...plot lines. But each attempt at psychological depth, at developing a character or portraying a crucial moment comes off like so much slop thrown at these cardboard figures to keep the readers interested. Jumping from one woman to another and updating us on their lives requires a lot of fast stepping. Jaffe doesn't turn in much of a performance, however. If you want to see the finale you have to wade through 300 pages of tedium. Expect to be disappointed. There is no splashy ending, no grand resolution. Jaffe just kind of shuffles off stage, leaving her limp figures...
...than The Mem Hall Murders. In the end Harvard fares pretty well, because she uses it only for background: dropping names of buildings and alumni, reminiscing about sneaking a feel in an Eliot House room or necking on the steps of Briggs Hall. The Harvard name may sell a lot of books, but it won't save the story...
...teaches, spending half a year with the late Stanley Brown before opening his own studio in Boston. Although he says teaching requires a lot of patience, he thinks the rewards outweigh the trials. He adds that he loves to see the smiles of self-congratulation flicker across the faces of his students. "When you have it, you know you have it because...