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BORN: Jan. 5, 1949, Minot, N. Dak. EDUCATION: Amherst College, B.A., 1971; U of Virginia, J.D., 1975 FAMILY: Wife, Margaret; three children RELIGION: Christian Scientist MILITARY: Army, 1971-72, Army Reserve, 1979-83; National Guard, 1972-79 OCCUPATION: Corporate lawyer political career: Fairfax County board of supervisors, 1991-94; U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: 9001 Braddock Road, Suite 200, Fairfax...
...Renoir's The Rules of the Game, set on the eve of World War II, and Bunuel's The Exterminating Angel, which was about a party that, mysteriously, no one could leave. This time there's no war, and it's the audience that's trapped. In Susan Minot's goofy script, Tyler ministers to ailing writer Jeremy Irons and other artsy layabouts while searching for the man on whom to bestow her virginity. The climactic deflowering scene provides the only giggles in an otherwise stodgy mess...
...Richards1914 Chemistry George R. Minot 1934 Medicine, Physiology William P. Murphy 1934 Medicine, Physiology Percy W. Bridgeman 1946 Physics Edward M. Purcell 1952 Physics Fritz A. Lipmann 1953 Medicine, Physiology John F. Enders 1954 Medicine, Physiology Frederick C. Robbins 1954 Medicine, Physiology Thomas H. Weller 1954 Medicine, Physiology George von Bekesy 1961 Medicine, Physiology James D. Watson 1962 Medicine, Physiology Konrad E. Bloch 1964 Medicine, Physiology Julian S. Schwinger 1965 Physics Robert Burns Woodward 1965 Chemistry George Wald 1967 Medicine, Physiology Simon S. Kuznets 1971 Economics Kenneth J. Arrow 1972 Economics Wassily W. Leontif 1973 Economics William N. Lipscomb...
...good for either side. The men, selfish and distracted, bolt at the first hint of that dread word, commitment. The women work at being hip and wary but are as overmastered by virility as any Victorian maiden ("With his touch, the will seemed to drain out of her"). Susan Minot, who made a notable debut with her 1986 novel Monkeys, has a laser instinct for the clinching detail and the giveaway phrase. She can summon descriptive power when she wants it ("Clouds rose up, golden, fisted, dwarfing the islands"). But the very unity of this collection produces a sameness...
...Susan Minot...