Word: stoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...call The Bonfire of the Vanities Wolfe's first novel is to make a distinction without too much difference. The ingeniously rigged plot is clearly fictional, but the details of New York City life, high and low, leap from the legman's notebook. The novel first appeared in Rolling Stone four years ago and ran in 27 installments. Since then, Wolfe has thoroughly rewritten it. The crucial change was to make the leading character a Wall Street broker (pre Black Monday) instead of a writer. "Writers are not much affected by scandal," says the author, "but bond salesmen...
...Everything is not carved in stone," Gaudioso said. "We're willing to discuss everything and try to find a middle ground." But on health and safety issues, he said, "we cannot accept a middle ground...
Other dexterity puzzles did not require the user to manipulate steel or stone balls, but water, mercury, or capsules with lead balls inside of them...
...WASN'T exactly like a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, although a lot of the cement was painted gold to resemble Jerusalem stone. And there were nightly crucifixions...
...tramped up a path of Biblical phrases to another fortress of Jerusalem stone-The Upper Room. There I caught a few snatches of a preacher speaking to a dozen people--sinners, I think he said...