Word: sattempt
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...mixed in with bittersweetrecollections of a life among unfounded arroganceand neurotic quirkiness: the problem Stuart facesin writing her essay--of defining herself based onher own merits and the merits of her first cousin(once removed) Robert Lowell-soon becomes thecentral focus of the book. The book is Stuart'sattempt to make some sort of order out of herchildhood among countless generations of twoprominent Boston Brahmin families, and to have ahell of a lot of fun while doing it. In thisprocess she latches on to the iconoclastic rebelfigure of her cousin, who tried to exorcise thesame Back Bay demons...
This book is not a tabloid that claims to havelocated the "real" Charles Lindbergh, Jr. out inNew Mexico, or a detailed account of the life ofan American hero. It is a story about one woman'sattempt to come to know her own family more fully,and her desire to share that journey with us.Lindbergh writes that "Although it is now morethan twenty years since he died, we are stilldirected and dominated by our father's strength ofcharacter. And although she is more than ninetyyears old...we are still redeemed, gentled andsustained by our mother." In this moving familyportrait...
...fast-track rules for trade agreements -- which apply until the end of the year -- Senate debate is limited to 20 hours and the pact must be accepted or rejected without amendment. But President Clinton himself reaffirmed his commitment to GATT and rejected incoming Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole'sattempt to link passageof the treaty with a capital gains tax cut. "I don't think that's the right thing to do," he said
| 1 |