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...creaks a bit as Thomas and his bomb-making opponent are brought together, but the resolution is authentic, and properly somber. The rights and wrongs of the Catholic-Protestant, Irish-English struggle are lost in echoes of past foulness. The gray of gelignite is the only visible future. - John Skow...
...story of an American Jew who believed, despite agonizing evidence to the contrary, that this hatred was an aberration, and not a basic part of his country's character. Kluger's novel makes this point with an impressive measure of good sense and strength. -John Skow...
...things without being recognized." Later in the week they visited Keaton's grandmother, Grammy Hall, and toured the Hollywood hills, looking at houses that Keaton had considered buying. Castro taped more than ten hours of their conversation while gathering information for her 66-page file to Contributor John Skow, who wrote the story. But some of her best insights came when the recorder was switched off. Says Castro: "Diane is a very private person who sometimes finds it difficult to articulate her feelings. For instance, we had already touched on things like her self-consciousness, her feelings about...
...place and emotion. Yet the impression remains strong that Storey, himself a miner's son, is unable to put enough distance between author and subject. His anger does not shake itself clear, and, like the hero, the novel's impressive strength never quite finds its direction. Skow...
Coming back to New York for this assignment, Skow found that the leisurely lunches he remembered had been replaced by running lunches. After finishing his story, Skow joined some TIME staffers who spend their midday jogging in nearby Central Park. Maps Researcher Nancy Griffin charts the course. Reporter-Researcher Georgia Harbison, who interviewed joggers for this piece, is also part of the noon platoon. What makes Harbison run? Says she: "It's part masochism, part hedonism and part narcissism. Running hurts; but after you run, you feel good and so you look good...