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...held one known job, as an adviser in the writing of technical documents for the Boeing Co. in Seattle, before V., his first novel, appeared in 1963 and he disappeared into his own fame. Since then, his anonymity has been guarded by an extremely loyal band of friends, editors and literary representatives. People who know about Pynchon do not talk; those who talk almost certainly do not know. Hearsay has thus run rampant. Word has it that Pynchon has spent major time in California and has endured recurrent dental problems. He is a lifelong bachelor; or, he has been married...
Rumor swirled. Everyone had heard about one place or another where Ceausescu followers had suddenly appeared: "Last night we heard that paratroopers loyal to that murderer ((Ceausescu)) had been dropped outside the town," said Asofei Jorim, 21, a student who had survived the Timisoara massacre and joined the militia guarding the city. "We have even heard that Palestinian students who were being trained as terrorists here are also supporting the old regime...
...dictators govern by fear. Long-suffering citizens obey orders only because they are convinced that a single individual has no hope of opposing the overwhelming forces loyal to the state. A dictator falls when fear changes sides, when individuals coalesce into crowds and defy him. Emboldened by the discovery that they are not alone, they take to the streets and squares to protest, and they learn -- though sometimes at great cost -- that no tyrant can kill or arrest an entire nation. At that point, despots lose the special combination of visible authority and legitimacy that the Chinese call "the mandate...
Both a departure and a summing up, Keep the Change is described by McGuane as a "happy superimposition of results on intentions." Loyal readers will find themselves on familiar terrain -- the bone-dry wit, terse dialogue, lyrical descriptions of nature and hovering suggestion of violence are pure McGuane. But the measured tone and relatively upbeat ending of the book are a far cry from the pyrotechnical flash of his earlier works like The Bushwacked Piano or Ninety-Two in the Shade. Not all McGuane fans have stayed for the ride. "There are readers who abandoned me over the feeling that...
...rebels' shadowy National Governing Council is a troika chaired by General Eduardo Abenina and filled out by Lieut. Colonel Gregorio ("Gringo") Honasan, mastermind of the last two coup attempts, and General Jose Maria Zumel, a renegade officer loyal to the cause of Marcos. In a phone call, Abenina told TIME that the rebels could count on about 60% of the military for support. Soon, he said, they will begin a new phase of the rebellion, destroying property and, perhaps, waging a campaign of political assassinations...