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...Odyssey Investment Partners and First Reserve Corp., a pair of buyout firms, were among the earliest to tap this replenished reservoir to finance a takeover. Last week they agreed to buy Dresser Equipment from oil-services giant Halliburton for $1.6 billion. More of that can't be far behind...
...hedonistic odyssey in Rides of the Midway (Norton; 316 pages; $25.95) involves eye-popping quantities of liquor and drugs. Those pursuits leave Noel increasingly at odds with the God-fearing Southerners around him, particularly his stepfather, who looks remarkably like Billy Graham. Mississippi-raised author Lee Durkee portrays his hero's feckless dissolution with considerable comic flair and a sharp eye for regional manners, good and bad. There isn't much profundity on display here, but readers will finish the book feeling they've been treated to quite a ride...
...Gutmann was puzzled by the photos around her house when she was growing up. Although Gutmann's father spoke with a German accent, the photos of him were taken in India. As she grew older, her father's odyssey gradually became clear. Fifteen years before she was born, her father had fled Nazi Germany only to be denied asylum in the United States...
...Whether the Coen Brothers' whimsical Appalachian "Odyssey" becomes the catalyst for a folk revival the way "The Sting" did for ragtime remains to be seen, but at the very least this fascinating collection gives a welcome airing to some of American music's most seminal components, from prison-gang hollers to children's sing-alongs. Although it's dominated by artists mostly associated with bluegrass, the "O Brother" soundtrack covers an era that slightly predates that style, as befits a movie...
...ultimate irony in all of this is the ubiquitous location of Mons and its sister club 2001: A Sex Odyssey. Both clubs reside on Dale Mabry, the same street that is home to Raymond James Stadium. So, not only will the players be hearing about the "world's most beautiful women" at Mons or the "launching pad" at 2001, they will be driving by these bastions of bacchanalia on a routine basis...