Word: sues
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there's no place like home. Take the London house furnished by British Author Ian McEwan, 29, in this tight, unsettling first novel. The place stands almost deserted amid urban rubble, one of the few survivors of a highway plan that went nowhere. In it live Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom, a reasonably normal array of siblings ranging in age from 17 to six, and their mother, who is dying. The earlier death of the father and the mother's terminal illness have produced an upsurge in slovenliness and disorder among the children. What happens when the last...
Neither team dominated play in the first half. Harvard's top scorer Sue St. Louis mounted several drives into the Yale zone. The diesel-powered St. Louis amassed 19 goals and five assists on the season, but couldn't find daylight amidst the maze of eager Elis...
...teammates, acknowledging that St. Louis keeps the ball and shoots much of the time during the game, are quick to defend their squad's offensive sparkplug. As one player said, "Sue really enjoys taking someone one-on-one. She doesn't look for the easy pass...
...Sue St. Louis, like any of us, lives not by humility alone. She delights in discussing her little-used but favorite stunt--a hot-dogging, over-the-head bicycle kick that almost gave her a wild goal against Princeton. She also likes the recognition she gets because of her accomplishments...
...Sometimes I kind of wish I wasn't known as 'Sue St. Louis the soccer player.' It would be nice to be so multi-faceted that I might be called 'Sue St. Louis the great thinker' once in a while--or something like that," she says. "But it's nice to at least have some kind of status...