Word: rome
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...choosing day," when carny couples pair up. Or on the night toward the novel's end (and it may be toward Hope's end as well) when the hero's teenage daughter talks to him by his bedside for 12 hours and more, telling him about the time in Rome when her hands were sticky with gelato and he washed them in a fountain. "Dad," she says, "could you just squeeze my hand a little? Just so I'll know you're hearing me? I'm not rushing you or anything ..." McBain gets the daughter right, of course...
...institution in business for 2,000 years is bound to be condescending ( about passing fads. Rome's attitude alternates between suggesting that concern about these issues (birth control, women's rights) is an ephemeral ideological trend and implying that such concern represents the vanguard of forces infinitely darker. Both reactions are wrong, I think...
Nero played his violin as Rome burned. Raftless men smoked pipes as the Titanic sunk. And Woody Allen took to wearing hats as his marriage with Mia Farrow deteriorated...
...Vatican spokesman explained that the Pontiff hasn't completely recovered from hip-replacement surgery completed this past summer. The announcement immediately set off a fire storm of rumors in the Vatican that the 74-year-old Pope is seriously sick and possibly on the verge of dying, says TIME Rome Reporter Greg Burke. The stories were fueled by the Pope's appearance during his visit to Zagreb 10 days ago. "He looked terrible," says Burke. "He seemed feeble and tired." The Vatican flatly denies the rumors. The Pope's trip to Manila next year is still on, according...
Europe: James O. Jackson London: Barry Hillenbrand Paris: Thomas A. Sancton Brussels: Jay Branegan Bonn: Bruce van Voorst Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, Sally B. Donnelly Rome: Greg Burke Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer Beirut: Lara Marlowe Nairobi: Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Dowell Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America: Laura Lopez...