Word: secrets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chandler of the 90s, with a prose accordingly jacked up and acidified to match these less enchanted times, Ellroy is one of the most respected crime writers today to sling out stories ripped from the underside of American history. His heroes and villains crawl through dark worlds of dirty secrets but secrets which are paradoxically laid bare to a piercing, raking intellect. The subtext of the scandal sheet is that nothing is secret; everything can be known...
...filled with gold twists, whirls and royal blue coloring that chase each other around in delicately ordered chaos, so finely patterned that the magnifying glasses provided will certainly be put to good use. The Frontpieceand other works like it are too free and graceful to the called geometric. Some secret structure hides in these patterns, like the order that supports musical harmony or poetry, and it never interferes with the purity of the designs...
...sure, not all Faculty members shoulder such a heavy committee load as Sollors and Vendler. Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53 believes he's found the secret to avoiding committee duties...
...says the committee once met every week, considering up to 10 issues at a sitting. The Council now meets only twice a month and reviews but two or three issues. Lessened interest also forced a change in the nominating procedures for the body, which is elected by a secret vote of the full Faculty...
...Scarlett O'Hara. During this formative time, I underwent a mercifully brief period where I let Scarlett's Georgian accent bleed into my own speech. I got over it, thank God, about the same time I quit cuffing my jeans and threw out my jelly shoes. Here's a secret confession, though: I still want to be Scarlett O'Hara...