Word: mastering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SICK OF people bashing Stephen King. Any discussion of horror movies or books leads to the inevitable disparagement of King as pop slash-master, ghoulmonger, corpsedragger, goresplasher--as anything but a writer of merit. When Rob Reiner's Stand By Me was released, the deservedly glowing reviews mentioned the story's author in as offhand way as possible--as if it was good despite being written by King...
...latest Harvard couple is finding marriage "extremely pleasant," so far, according to Cabot House Master Myra Mayman who celebrated her three week anniversary this weekend with her new hubby, Alexander A. Bernhard...
...both spooky and funny. And so is Alexander's unshakable belief, stoked by Otto, that the fate of the planet depends on his "lying with" the ethereal Maria. Is she Eve or Lilith, Mary or Mary Magdalene? Or just a maid who understands that even a dotty master deserves the rite-of-last-night? Like any man trying to take any woman to bed, Alexander offers her a two-faced come-on: If we make love we can create a new world; if we don't make love I'll kill myself. Out of sympathy, she accedes to his plea...
...casserole, a concoction made with Ritz crackers and melted cheese. It should be noted that the Sterns and Fussell give quite different recipes for New Orleans red beans and rice, yet both are credited to Buster Holmes, operator of the famous French Quarter greasy spoon. Quite possibly the old master cook never makes that dish the same way twice, which is why there probably cannot be, as the Sterns suggest, a last word on the subject...
Indeed, no other individual or duo has glided with such felicitous daring across frozen water. "It is the way they get from Point A to Point B," says Andris Toppe, their ballet master. "A lot of skaters will skate to A, do a little trick, then travel to B and do another trick. It's boring. But the way Jayne and Chris cover the distance is choreographed. You are never bored...