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Free Willy looks to inspire moviegoers and steam SeaWorld...
...three principal causes of the orchestras' current woes are financial, artistic and social. All have been visible for years, and are gathering steam. But it was not until the recession struck in force that their cumulative weight was felt...
Last month when the Coalition for Diversity embarked on its campaign to improve conditions of "The Peculiar Institution," members said they were steadily gaining steam as they made the rounds visiting high-ranking University officials...
...given $25,000 and flown to the NCAA Final Four weekend in New Orleans to take his single -- and, as it turned out, not quite ! accurate -- shot for a million. Then it all started vanishing like a dream. Within days, he was back at work fixing the aging steam pipes around Camp Lejeune. Back in his neat three-bedroom brick house on a rural lot dotted by a stand of loblolly pines and a satellite dish. Back in Beulaville, a town so small that wife Vickie jokes, "We just got our second traffic light." Back to oblivion. In a week...
However, at times Hijuelos seems to lose control of the narrative, and the style suffers as well. As the sprawling novel winds down, Hijuelos' lyricism appears to run out of steam. The disappointing ending feels a little contrived. But this failure is insignificant, and serves to underscore the magnificent, visionary achievement of the rest of the novel. With The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O' Brien Oscar Hijuelos has given American readers a vibrantly imagined history of their nation...