Word: roughnesses
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Right now Ross's family is going through a painful time. Last week, after 13 years of marriage, Ross announced she is divorcing her husband, Norwegian shipping magnate Arne Naess. She is philosophical about the breakup: "Through each lifetime you go through rough patches, and you always hope for the best. Sometimes change is not bad. Sometimes people come into your life, and then it's time to make a change. This is one of those times." Is there a chance of reconciliation? Says Ross: "I would always like to think there's a chance, but I have a feeling...
This home truth explains a great deal that seems merely shabby, not monstrous, and not puzzling enough to require three wagonloads of explication. The author may have been right, incidentally, not to present this rough man's thoughts in rough dialect. For long paragraphs, however, the words that come out of Watson's mouth are, somewhat jarringly, the worthy, scholarly, perceptive, always interesting, late 20th century observations of Peter Matthiessen. About his quirky trilogy a reader might conclude: brilliant, obsessive, panoramic--and two novels too many...
...travel and restaurant conglomerate based in Minneapolis, Minn. The switch meant a move from Dallas to Minneapolis for himself, his wife Barbara and daughters Cassandra, 8, and Lauren, 10. Beard likes the new employment opportunity, but as a veteran of 14 previous employment relocations, he was braced for a rough landing...
...rough day Saturday but I just tried toget that out of my head," Shakir said. "I washappy when Coach let me come up in that situationwith the bases loaded and everybody on the teamhad confidence in me. This was the greatest momentof my career in sports...
Still, we're talking about New York, and, at the end of the day, bright lights and big titles matter. Your husband, the most powerful man in the world, had sex with an intern? Don't worry about it! Your police department is known for roughing up innocent civilians? Hey, no problem! It's all taken in stride in the rough-and-tumble world of New York politics. Just ask Al D'Amato. Empire State voters should simply understand that their likely candidates for the 2000 Senate seat are far from saintly. But maybe they like it that...