Word: tales
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...when they discuss the stories. For example, it is recommended that after reading a certain story, the teacher will say: "Let's read the story again, substituting Nan for Dan. Isn't it just as much fun?" Or the teacher might pose the following problem after another tale: "Suppose Ben's mother worked as a policewoman and was gone most of the day. How might he get her to take him to the zoo?" Houghton Mifflin is considering making a number of these changes in the next edition of their readers...
High Sierra. 1940. Walsh's memorable tale of an ex-con (Humphrey Bogart) and his faithful girl (Ida Lupino). CH.56...
...Years, Brooks tells the story of that doomed decade in the market, and a fine moralistic tale it is. Brooks' research is not impeccable. Despite his reputation as a clarifier of financial complexities (Once in Golconda), following his prose requires a working knowledge of market terminology. Some of his stories are long digressions from the sweep of his history. Never mind. He is about the only writer around who combines a thorough knowledge of finance with the ability to perceive behind the dance of numbers "high, pure, moral melodrama on the themes of possession, domination and belonging...
...FAIRY TALE OF NEW YORK...
...Donleavy's novels have been simultaneously cruel, sentimental, repetitive and sporadically funny. Donleavy heroes are ridiculous figures who wallow in self-pity behind their mannered fronts and anesthetize deep personal hurts with sex and alcohol. Like Cornelius Treacle Christian, the errant knight in tweed armor of A Fairy Tale of New York, Donleavy's people move around a lot-"Moving all the time," says Christian, "hoping for a master stroke of solace somewhere...