Word: lots
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...busloads from Wellesley, Simmons, Tufts, Pine Manor--like it? So do a lot of people, panting up the steps of Mem Hall, tonight's the night guys, eh? Eh? Whatever...
...farmers get a lot of bread...
...Felker, returning in 1977 as a majority owner of the magazine he had once worked on, portentously declared that the "new Esquire" would provide the civilizing function for today's professional or managerial man"- a kind of Madison Avenue gibberish that could only confuse readers. He added a lot of business stones. But Esquire's genes caught up with Felker: "I made the mistake of trying to change the magazine too much...
...sister Margaux in a gaudy and brutal film called Lipstick. Linda Manz, the tough little New York City street kid whose scarred face and back-alley accent gave a saving balance to the prettiness of Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven, is the oldest of the lot at nearly 18, but she looks the youngest; in the Malick film, shot three years ago, she seems no older than twelve. Brooke Shields, 14, appeared in Alice, Sweet Alice at nine. Tatum O'Neal, who is 15 now, broke into the big time at nine, playing her dead-end father Ryan...
...boozy conversation. Examples proliferate, but the point is clear: lucky the writer who is blessed with a vivid parent. The childhood may have been hellish, but the material supplied by domestic drama can be invaluable. In the endless quest for characters that is a writer's lot, there is simply no starting place like home...