Word: materiallize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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It is as though he were able to follow his characters into slang or thought disorder not because he identifies with their madness or participates in their emotion, but because he is such a knowledgeable and transparent narrator. From moment to moment, on the level of detail, DeLillo lets the...
Joyce, despite his incessant jealousy, also nearly pushed Nora into an affair to garner new material for him to write about. Nora refused to succumb and teased him about his wishes, addressing letters to him, "Dear Cuckold." That spirit helped her to deal with her son's affair with one...
Although Rick Berlin is a hard-edged rock band, Woods' solo material leans more towards what she reluctantly calls "folk music," as problematic as that term is.
The result of this unusual background has beento lead many, including officials at the center,to wrestle again with what has long been anethical dilemma in academia: when does researchstop being academic and start becoming paidpromotional material?
"We gave our kids what we didn't have," says Mary Louise. "We gave them material things, which maybe in a way wasn't good." Two steady paychecks enable the Gutierrezes to provide their children with middle-class paraphernalia: video games, three television sets, a stereo in John David's...