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...money itself that causes the trouble, but rather the use of money as votive ritual and pagan ornament." Wealth's inability to provide lasting cheer is limned anew: "Believing that they can buy the future and make time stand still, the faithful fall victim to a nameless and stupefying dread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: False Idols MONEY AND CLASS IN AMERICA | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

...boys are nameless throughout the book. At first Vilmure appears not to name the two out of a disregard for names, an apathy. But as the story progresses, the significance of a name, or the lack thereof, becomes evident...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Blood Brothers | 11/17/1987 | See Source »

...first novel his own, in theme, voice and imagery. Life in the Land of the Living is set in contemporary Florida--where Vilmure grew up--and follows two brothers as they take off into the oppressive heat of a southern August night. Victims of a broken home, the nameless brothers tell of their experiences with the violent and the gruesome as they wander through their desolate town...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Blood Brothers | 11/17/1987 | See Source »

...believe a large group of Americans hold beliefs somewhat akin to mine, but they are all too often nameless and faceless...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Searching for Religion's Middle Ground | 8/4/1987 | See Source »

...areas of the country possess major league baseball or professional football, but it is only a slight exaggeration to say every state has a contender for this super bowl. In the past two weeks, network and cable- television stations have fairly throbbed with elimination games, often featuring heroic and nameless underdogs with authentic chances. Within 90 minutes of Southwest Missouri State's invitation, a spontaneous pep rally of 3,000 fans lighted up Springfield on a Sunday night. The Bears upset Clemson and almost Kansas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Coming to The Four with More | 3/30/1987 | See Source »

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