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...saga ends in 1951, by which time the young artist has, more or less, come of age. He had one hell of a time getting there -- and the reader has had a hell of a time too, swept along by the potent names, the glamorous and seedy settings, and Rorem's gift for the sometimes penetrating, some-times facile bon mot. (Debunking originality in art: "Anyone can build a better mousetrap, but it still snares the same old mice...
Gray Sexton's memoirs narrowly escape these fates. The relationship between the author and her mother is not presented solely as a sensational aberration in family dynamics. Their story takes on a larger role than pure titillation. In a world full of codependence and dysfunction, the Sexton saga is proof that demons will rest and that people can move...
...poll indicates America has had enough of the Simpson saga. The Times-Mirror survey found 90% of those polled said the media deluge had burned them...
...saga began in August 1993, when Adrian Guthrie and Simon Roberts, both 17, and raised in Klawock, ordered a pizza in Everett, Washington. When Domino's Pizza deliveryman Timothy Whittlesey showed up, Guthrie distracted him and Roberts hit him repeatedly with a baseball bat, leaving him, his assailant now admits, "kinda in convulsions." A bystander saw the teens removing Whittlesey's beeper, $40 and the pizza. The two Tlingits pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery. Superior Court Judge James Allendoerfer was expected to assign prison terms of up to 5 1/2 years...
...afraid to look danger in the face and figure out how to deal with it and he wouldn't cheat on you. These are the types of men Ford has usually played. In some of his movies, like the "Indiana Jones" series or the "Star Wars" saga, he includes the little boy charm which melts women's hearts and speaks for every man over the age of eight. Here he plays the man who appeals to the older generations. These are the men who wish to be spies, who would like to take on the government, the corporation, the entities...