Word: sinkful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hotel New Hampshire, John Irving. All Hallow's Eve, Irving style. Giant spiders. Heart attacks. Tortured children. A tragic rape. But there's the usual dose of good humor here, and Irving's spirit shines through bigger than the State o' Maine itself. This is Halloween candy to sink your wisdom teeth into, the Snickers bar in the bag of Golden Delicious apples...
...freshly tanned American press community eagerly shuffled off through the metal detectors to Reykjavik. If anything went down, the press would be there to get photos. As the trample of journalistic feet covered the diminutive island nation--threatening to sink it to the seabed--editors around America slept contentedly. They knew that every walrus within a 50 mile radius could be on the front page within 24 hours...
...leave familiar turf; even the family's lakeside summer place is in the state. "Maine is far and away better for a couple of hicks like us," he maintains. "And it's better for the kids." King enjoys the role of paterfamilias, scrubbing the indoor grill over the sink so that Tabby and the children can have an outing at the local shopping mall. Dinner is a family affair with everybody present. The conversation ranges from Little League to books and movies to local gossip. King can drive to New York City for meetings with his publishers...
...boys in uniform play big-time football. Navy will sink Dartmouth, easily...
...fasters hold on to their hope and seem determined to continue until they die or sink into comas. They recognize that the fast may fail, is failing. But they say it is worth it if their fast or even their deaths could bring a change in the public or the policy of our country...