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...goes," from Slaughterhouse-Five. The end of the decade be longed to Irving and Garpomania: a choice of paperback in six delicious cover colors and T shirts reading I BELIEVE IN GARP and BEWARE OF THE UNDERTOAD-a phrase that Irving attributes to Son Brendan, who once misunderstood a warning about swimming in the ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life into Art: Novelist John Irving | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

...When they handed down their original decision in April, they pretty much misunderstood the danger we were warning about," Remes said...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Court Overturns Church Liquor Veto | 7/31/1981 | See Source »

...will be trying on the new romanticism for size, promoting her fresh-minted image as a sort of upscale Debbie Harry. "The title of my album Mistaken Identity is really a statement of the direction I want to go," she explains. That does not mean she wants to be misunderstood but rather that she feels she has been misunderstood for too long. "Last year every one pegged me as a country singer because Kenny is. But I want to keep a variety of styles because they all reflect different sides of me. I've always loved rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Return of the Celluloid Temptress | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

Like the end of Portnoy's Complaint, the conclusion of Zuckerman Unbound suggests a new beginning. Nathan even shows his impatience when he says, "Being a poor misunderstood millionaire is not really a topic that intelligent people can discuss for very long." As a sturdy vehicle for Roth's comic genius, Zuckerman may show up again: Will he travel to Prague and discover Franz Kafka as an aged steam-bath attendant? Will he beget children who grow up to be literary critics? Will he win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction and have to return it when everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Million-Dollar Misunderstanding | 5/25/1981 | See Source »

Golf is one of the most misunderstood sports in captivity. A recent survey of the Crimson newsroom revealed that many consider golf the most preppy sport around. "Preppy, but not a sport." One editor even went so far to remark...

Author: By Constance M. Laibe, | Title: At Least They Don't Spit | 5/15/1981 | See Source »

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