Word: maddened
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...Madden, an unsuccessful writer approaching 40, grieves over the departure of Patty Lareine, the wealthy wife whom he loves and hates to distraction. It is November, and the tip of Cape Cod retains nothing of its summer weekend splendors: "Provincetown was as colorful then as St.-Tropez, and as dirty by Sunday evening as Coney Island." Confused and lonely, Madden stalks the deserted streets and dunes by day and repairs in the evening to a local restaurant, where he sits in the bar and drinks too much. He is conscious of his new status as an unaccompanied stag and approves...
...night, well into his routine, he spots an attractive blond who reminds him of his wife; Madden joins her and her escort, learns that he is a lawyer and that both of them are visiting from California. Madden makes a conversational play for the woman before his memory blacks out. The next morning he wakes up with a hangover and a new tattoo on his right arm; he discovers that the passenger seat in his Porsche is covered with blood. Then the acting police chief calls him in and suggests that Madden move his hidden cache of marijuana before state...
...flicker in the annals of great and horrible waiting. Citizens of the Soviet Union would think it bourgeois decadence to complain about such a trifle. The Soviets have turned waiting into a way of life. The numb wait is their negotiating style: a heavy, frozen, wordless impassivity designed to madden and exhaust the people across the table. To exist in the Soviet Union is to wait. Almost perversely, when Soviet shoppers see a line forming, they simply join it, assuming that some scarce item is about to be offered for sale. A study published by Pravda calculates that Soviet citizens...
...just two (Cincinnati's Paul Brown is the other) whose understanding of the game is profound. A middle-age rock 'n' roller in a '50s hairdo and a black leather jacket, Davis casts a slim shadow, but it managed to cover elephantine Coach John Madden for ten years. After five seasons, including the championship year of 1980, current Head Coach Tom Flores remains a minor presence...
...supposed to clear a guy out, take a guy with me deep," Madden said, explaining that the pass was intended for a split end running a curl pattern. "All of them sucked up on that one guy. In that situation you just hope for the best...