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...biographical sketches familiar to author Paul Theroux's readers. First comes his stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa in the mid-1960s, followed by a period in Singapore, where he teaches English and begins attracting attention as a promising young novelist. Then comes the long sojourn in London, where, as an American expatriate and the happily married father of two sons, he writes novels (The Family Arsenal, The Mosquito Coast) that firm up his reputation and livelihood. A divorce ends this phase and sends him back to the U.S. and into an emotional and creative tailspin...
Despite its youth, the team quickly developed chemistry on its West Coast sojourn...
...question of national identity is still complicated because Feininger's German sojourn lasted a half century and his work appears distinctly German. His most influential pieces used the color pallette of postwar German Expressionism and his rigid, distorted figures anticipated Franz Marc, Ernst Nolde--and even Italian Futurism in some respects...
Hapless Penn (0-21, 0-9) continued its lonely sojourn in the Ivy League cellar, in spite of the stellar play of senior Natasha Rezek, who recorded her 13th double-double of the season against Brown...
SHOPPING FOR A USED CAR CAN MAKE the shopper feel as used as the car. The stereotypical sojourn involves a persistent salesman on commission (loud checked sport jacket optional), high-pressure haggling and a persistent anxiety that the buyer was talked into something he or she didn't quite want. Naturally, the heap falls apart in a few weeks, creating a desire for auto...