Word: quests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WOLFE WROTE in a ceaseless quest for a meaning grandiose enough to explain his life. This quest, argues Donald, formed the basis of his genius. It caused him to produce a tremendous output, which ranged from the admirable to the ridiculous. For example, Wolfe once wrote an account that, according to Donald...
...victory in 1982, and since then has compiled a record of achievement from welfare reform to tax reduction that has earned him a laurel wreath as one of the best Governors in the country. Last week Dukakis embarked on the most grueling endurance race of them all, an uphill quest for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination. "I have the energy to run this marathon," the 53-year-old Governor declared, "the strength to run this country, the experience to manage our Government and the values to lead our people...
...bitter. I wish Raymundo all the best in his pursuit of his hard-earned winnings. And I hope Meg has finally found the place of final peace that I used to hope she would. For Rutger Fury, the quest 'for heiress' millions is a thing of the past, a dim memory in the tableau of life...
...quest for fulfillment usually begins with donations to a few selected charities pledging aid to assorted human and animal unfortunates. These donations provide a quick patch for bothersome guilt and ailing self-esteem, especially when the hordes of monogrammed recognition plaques start rolling in. Unfortunately, richies can line the mansion walls with only so many plaques before they are considered gauche. Then depression usually resumes...
Ostensibly, Angel Heart deals with hard-boiled detective Harry Angel's (Mickey Rourke) quest for a long missing crooner Johnny Favorite. Favorite has been absent since his return from World War II, where a head wound left his a vegetable and permanently disfigured. Angel is commissioned in this fruitless search by the mysterious Louis Cyphre (Robert DeNiro) who needs proof of Favorite's death in order to collect collateral from a contract he had with the singer...