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Word: somethingness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Part of the problem with The Boys and Their Baby is that it's difficult to sympathize with the main character. He seems like he has so many problems, but when you get right down to it and analyze them, they seem so meaningless. Adam Berg, is a 30 year...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: A Broken-Down Projector | 8/12/1988 | See Source »

The Boys and Their Baby might seem worthwhile if we were convinced that Adam learned something from his San Francisco experience. He begins to write letters to his mother and Suzanne--all he needs is a little detachment for him to deal with his problems--and it is here that...

Author: By Katherine E. Bliss, | Title: A Broken-Down Projector | 8/12/1988 | See Source »

On weekends Bianca often visits her grandmother, with whom she was especially close in the pre-Leonard days. Since Bianca and Sherri moved, Bianca's affections have shifted in the direction of her mother. Last November Bianca wrote in her school journal, "I would like to say something nice to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through the Eyes of Children: Bianca, New Orleans | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

His grandparents were poor and powerless, but they were rich in the hope that life in America would be better for their children. "My daddy believed in us helping in the cotton fields, but he didn't want us to be what he was," says the elder Abel. "He wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through the Eyes of Children: John David, Austin | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

Katie is looking forward to this summer's break from day care. But she already misses her classmates, and in a way she misses her school too. For inside Montlake something exciting is happening. Over the past three years, LaVaun Dennett, Montlake's principal, reorganized the school schedule so that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through the Eyes of Children: Katie, Seattle | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

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