Word: strasser
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...distressed California woman. Charlotte Douglas is the victim of a romantic idealism so hermetic that self-knowledge is impossible. The currents of revolution and privilege scarcely ruffle her hair. Incapable of reflection, Charlotte moves, therefore she is. This unexamined life is filtered through the tough mind of Grace Strasser-Mendana, Colorado-born widow of a Boca Grande plutocrat...
...evidence uncovered by Grace Strasser-Mendana does not clarify the murder. What is clear, however, is that Joan Didion has produced a remarkable modern variation on Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady. Her technique may seem feverish but it is calculated to give the novel its unique quality-a blend of literary invention and the sort of lurid stories found on the "freak-death" pages of big-city newspapers. Her ear for contemporary speech rhythms, her eye for the incriminating details rank with those of William Gaddis in J.R. But it is Didion's romantic imagination...
Died. Otto Strasser, 76, onetime intimate turned archenemy of Adolf Hitler; of a heart attack; in Munich. An early ally of the rising Führer, Strasser preached Nazism with a socialist tinge and became disgusted by Hitler's later romance with big business. Expelled from the party in 1930, he formed the rival Black Front committed to Hitler's ouster, fled Germany in 1933, and churned out propaganda while leapfrogging about Europe one step ahead of the Gestapo. In 1941 he found refuge in Canada (probably in exchange for information he furnished Allied intelligence), where he pecked...
...Arabian Nights adventure in Morocco. Effective and colorful as some of this is, what does it have to do with Hughes' larger theme? The interrelation between private and public realms seems to have broken down. The narrative tends to lurch from near-history to near-fiction ("But Hitler, Strasser-how could these distant rivalries ever matter to Coventry...
...nothing went Penn's way. Randy Barnett, Harvard's steady No. 5 man, rebounded from a 6-3 loss and pinned 6-4 and 7-5 defeats on Steve Strasser to win the third point. On the main court at No. 1 Crimson sophomore Harris Masterson was rallying to split sets in a classic match with National Indoor champion John Adams. Masterson, who had lost to Navy's Craig Dawson 6-1, 6-1, on Friday, dropped the first set 6-3, but came back to capture the second by the same score...