Word: protractedness
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Another funny, sharp satire on male lust is a pick-up artist who claims that his success has to do with the fact that he is particularly well-endowed. At the end of this monologue, Bogosian calls to the house for more lights and begins to address the audience directly...
If Joe's journey to that final word is long and arduous, Powers' was no less so. "Ridiculous," says the author, shaking his head over his protracted effort to finish the book. There were the distractions of raising five children, of moving to Ireland and back to the U.S., and...
Crocker remained cautious about declaring an end to one of the world's most complicated and protracted conflicts. "It's on the verge of the pieces either pulling together or blowing up very fast," he said. "What I'm trying to do now is focus attention and pressure on the...
In June, Racamier began to grumble publicly about competing corporate cultures within Moet Vuitton. He expressed fears aloud that the marketing of Cognac and champagne, some of which is sold through "mass distribution in supermarkets," would "contaminate" Vuitton's upper-crust image. To balance Chevalier's move toward Guinness, Racamier...
Raymond Carver writes about marriage, about domesticity, about the wear and tear of daily intimacy, especially when his characters are drunk. And his stories are zingers. The titles set the mood of emotional frazzle: they are often either provoking shards of dialogue (Put Yourself in My Shoes, They're Not...