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Word: quests (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...events scheduled TOMORROW No events scheduled ON TELEVISION FSU at Temple (bkc), ESPN2, 7 p.m. Lions at 49ers, ABC, 8:20 p.m. Tenn.-Martin at OSU (bkc), NESN, 8 p.m. Condors at Quest (ABL), FSNE...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON DECK | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

When we keep this in mind, writer Mark O'Donnell emerges as a true gift. A humorist and playwright, O'Donnell has mastered the art of conveying the bittersweet. In his first novel, Getting Over Homer, O'Donnell wryly traced a twin's failing quest to find a bond similar to the one he shared with his sibling. In his second novel, Let Nothing You Dismay (Knopf; 193 pages; $22), O'Donnell is once again obsessed with a young man's search for wholeness, and here too the author's witticisms flow felicitously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tidings of Joy | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

Perhaps, as the 20th century draws to a close, the quest for identity is best fulfilled not by finding a coherent sense of self but by discovering that everyone else is just as dysfunctional as you are--and that it's okay...

Author: By Leah A. Plunkett, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: We Wish You a Dysfunctional Christmas | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...Donnell is honest, refusing to shy away from dialogue that deals frankly with life's more complex matters, subjects many writers choose to couch in politically correct catch-phrases. Tad's sexuality is at the heart of his existential quest and confusion. He is gay, yet he confesses to his brother: "For some reason, lately, I'm not even sure I actually am gay--most men are disgusting, and self-absorbed! I admire women, but somehow I'm not ready." His brother responds by telling him that "you are more confused than an anal-retentive anarchist. You're thirty-four...

Author: By Leah A. Plunkett, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: We Wish You a Dysfunctional Christmas | 12/11/1998 | See Source »

...says she is determined not to buckle in her quest for fairness and respect...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Locals Battle Evictions in Holiday Rally | 12/9/1998 | See Source »

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