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...ordeal of facing possible death (when she was hospitalized. Sagan believed she had cancer) seems to have changed her writing greatly-indeed far more than a near fatal car accident which put her in a coma for three days when she was 20. The Painted Lady, just translated into English, bears little resemblance in form or outlook to her earlier 12 novels...
...ardor for Fascism amounts almost to sexual hysteria, is shot by some of the villagers he tried to kill; seeing this, his Fascist father flies into a fatal jitterbug of despair, burrowing his head into the hard earth. Cecilia, at six the youngest of the fleeing villagers, finds the ordeal a delicious, dangerous game, like hopscotching through a minefield...
...tragic last act in a weird drama pitting police against crazed cultists. But as fresh details began to emerge about the bloody siege that left one policeman and seven blacks dead in Memphis two weeks ago, the judgment and conduct of police officials in handling the 30-hr. ordeal triggered a citywide debate and at least one federal probe. Said Maxine Smith, executive secretary of the Memphis chapter of the N.A.A.C.P.: "The police did not go into the house to apprehend, but to kill." Ray Maples, president of the Memphis Police Association, countered angrily: "I think [these critics...
Bleak times lie ahead, For the time being. Crimson readers can string themselves along on artificial support, but soon our supply will run out. The methadone of "Bloom County" and "Funky Winkerbean" may alleviate the ordeal on some mornings: flashbacks from old "Doonesbury" collections may bring relief on others...
...very difficult course, lots of reading from original sources." Jeffrey Richardson, a student in Fletcher's class said yesterday after the early morning lecture. "It's very courageous for him to come back. Obviously he's gone through a pretty rough ordeal...