Word: skies
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Outside the ground-floor dining room where he sits, the weather is Cheeverian, all high sky and searching sunlight. The author finishes a glass of iced tea and stands up, instantly alerting Edgar and Bathsheba, two adoring golden retrievers. An afternoon walk in the nearby woods is part of the daily routine. Cheever confines his writing-on "a long book"-to the mornings. He recently finished an original 90-minute play for public television, but fends off invitations to dramatize his stories for the home screen. "You can't adapt a story any more than you can adapt...
...positions in the NASL have often been viewed as stepping-stones to the U.S. Senate (admittedly only by people with extremely poor eyesight), and speculate that Henry might be trying to shore up his American sportsman image before challenging New York Sen. Jacob Javits (a jai-alai player and sky diver of little note). More on the mark, though, are those who note that along with Henry's non-paying new job came several options to buy into NASL franchises, which are among the fastest-growing investments in the country. Henry is a good sport and a sharp...
...runway heading of 90°, or due east). Commercial flights, not affected by the light wind, were using the same runway but in the opposite direction (designated Runway 27, short for 270°). For the practice run, Boswell put on special goggles, obstructing his view of the sky but permitting him to see his lighted instrument panel. Kazy had full visibility and sat at dual controls so he could take over the Cessna at any sign of danger...
THIS IS THE YEAR Ronald Ray-gun's Citizens for the Republic is the number one political fundraiser. This is the year a screaming came across the sky in the form of TurboProp 13. This is the year a number of Great Society liberals like Minnesota's Don Fraser unexpectedly found themselves trudging the gangplank. This is the year the "barren ground" liberals like Mike Dukakis and Jerry "Jarvis" Brown are discovering precious little sustenance from the earth they scorched in a vain attempt to hold off the advancing barbarians. This is the year the swell for labor law reform...
Green's language is so plain, his assumed identities so convincing, that splendid effects roll by almost unnoticed. A rabbit comes into view, "trembling at being alive." A girl looks at a sunset: "The sky was enjoying herself after the boredom of being blue all day." Slowly, almost imperceptibly, the images in Haye's mind shift from sight to sound: "Voices had become his great interest, voices that surrounded him, that came and went, that slipped from tone to tone, that hid to give away in hiding...