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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...other books that Household, now 79, has turned out since. They are set all over the world, and told by a variety of narrators. But some of the best, like The Sending, unwind in the mind of a Somerset Englishman. There the old white magic continues to cast its spell...
...prepare for what comes next, as Jack falls under the hotel's dangerous spell. The Overlook, it seems, shines as brightly as Danny. It draws Jack back to the roaring 20's and then unleashes him on his family...
WITH A CONVULSIVE SHOUT, America's leaders are dragging it down the road to war. For the new militarism, getting worked up into a fighting frenzy is more important than knowing when, where, whom or why to fight. The brief spell after Vietnam under which American leaders sought to understand why that tragedy occurred and how to prevent it in the future ended quickly enough; today a typical attitude about foreign affairs seems to be, "America has taken enough shit from the world and ought to start flinging some back...
...program books and bright marquees spell out the official version of the 1980 National Basketball Association championship series: the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Philadelphia 76ers. But basketball fans across the country know that the real name of these final games is: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Julius Erving. No matter what the outcome, the 1980 championship will be remembered as the long awaited meeting of the Big Guy and the Doctor...
...part because these and other writing reforms are so late in coming, businesses increasingly find it necessary to set up their own writing programs. It is not merely that secretaries tend not to know how to spell. M.B.A.s with degrees from prestigious colleges cannot write clear letters, memos or reports. "Communications training is one of the hottest areas in the corporate field today," says Nate Rosenblatt, a vice president of a new and thriving New Jersey-based company called Learn Inc. One of Learn's big pedagogic sellers-to personnel...