Word: short
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...short, Erdrich, 34, is not the sort of woolly regionalist who captivates critics with untamed energy and an earthy style. She seems to have a plan for her career; she obviously has a blueprint for her imagination. Although set in an earlier time, from 1912 to 1924, Tracks is part of a projected four-novel cycle that began with Love Medicine and The Beet Queen. Characters from the previous novels appear as youngsters in the new one. The narrative is again moved along by different voices carefully boxed in separate chapters...
Demonstrating the commitment necessary to become leaders, approximately 25 Harvard-Radcliffe women cut their summer vacations short and came to school a week early to learn effective methods of leadership...
...other end of the court, the women's basketball team will try to replace four of its top seven players from a year ago. The Crimson is out to defend its Ivy League title, and will get help from Liz Resnick of Short Hills, N.J., Heather Harris of Concord, Mass., and Maura Healey of Hampton Falls...
Meanwhile, the foot-tall grass cannot be cut or it will die, Williams said. "When the weather is hot and you cut it short, it burns...
...that the mounting toll of servicemen will force Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to withdraw her country's 10,400 troops from Northern Ireland. But the latest violence has infuriated the British and increased the pressure on Thatcher to break the back of the I.R.A. once and for all. Cutting short a family vacation in Cornwall, the Prime Minister ordered a full review of her government's options and told reporters, "Nothing has been ruled...