Word: sparkly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mysterious World of Muriel Spark," a dramatic rendering by Marion Seldes, John Heffernan and Louis Turenne of some of the author's caustic short stories...
Vulnerable Targets. The matter will get a full airing when Johnson's request for a $12.5 billion supplemental appropriation for the Viet Nam war reaches Capitol Hill. That request is not likely to be denied, but it will spark a hot debate between those who favor increasing the U.S. involvement in Viet Nam at the expense of Great Society programs, and those who, like Michigan's Democratic Senator Philip Hart, feel that "we have two wars on our hands, and we can't afford to lose either." As Republicans press for cuts in domestic spending, there...
...closing the circulation gap-370,499 for the Plain Dealer to 370,759 for the Press. As a morning paper, the Plain Dealer has a built-in advantage over the afternoon Press with its tougher distribution problems. And on top of that, the Plain Dealer has been picking up spark from Publisher Tom Vail, 39, who is running some stinging and effective exposes and crisp editorials. Vail has hired 33 new editorial staffers in the past year alone...
Quincy scored again on a quarterback sneak by Larry Melfa in the fourth quarter. Winthrop, plagued throughout the game with penalties, finally showed its offensive spark in the final minutes as quarterback Mitch Sikora opened up a passing attack. With only seconds remaining, Sikora hit fullback Larry Hunter with a seven-yard touchdown strike...
Scottish Novelist Muriel Spark has never been particularly fond of any of her characters. At best, she regards them with amused detachment, and in such finely spun structures of malice as The Bachelors and The Girls of Slender Means, she meticulously exposed their peculiarities and quivering insecurities. Unhappily, in this, her eighth and longest novel, Novelist Spark finally pays dearly for her indifference. She is obviously much more interested in the sights and sounds on both sides of the Mandelbaum Gate, which separates Israel and Jordan, than she is in her characters, and soon the reader discovers that...