Word: strides
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...best part of this volume can be found in the 16 stories following the unfinished novel. Five have never been published, and the rest were never collected in hard covers. It is difficult to imagine why not. Malamud hit his stride early, writing stories of old men trying to preserve their dignity amid the shambles of harsh circumstances. In The Literary Life of Laban Goldman, an elderly Jew attends night school to improve his English and get away from his nagging wife; he experiences a brief moment of triumph when the Brooklyn Eagle publishes his letter to the editor urging...
MICHAEL BOLTON: SOUL PROVIDER (Columbia). Singer-songwriter Bolton, a white rhythm-and-bluesman from New Haven, Conn., finally hits his stride here. High point: Georgia on My Mind, on which his uncanny four-octave range and gut- wrenching phrasing give Ray Charles a serious run for the money...
...Ortega strode in," Bush related. "I was not sure whether it was a defensive stride or a take-command stride. He made his way around a table toward us. He is a bigger and broader man than the common perception. I noticed his uniform, the very bright khaki cloth and the bright red bandana. I don't say it to denigrate the Boy Scouts, but he looked like a senior Boy Scout leader...
...Course: A high-powered married pair of scholars from the University of Pennsylvania rejected a joint Harvard tenure offer recently, but members of the departments spurned by the two seemed to be taking it all in stride...
...Eagles extended their lead to two with 12:35 left in the game. Freshman Glenn Moller dribbled the ball down the left side and passed to sophomore R.P. Beurlein. Still in stride, Beurlein directed the ball to junior Andy Sage, who put it past Harvard goalie Scott Salisbury...