Word: tales
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...succession of irritatingly self-indulgent characters and a clutch of cliches about the 1950s, from the bohemian belle to the poet turned adman. Yet White can always save a wearying passage with some apercu about himself or some chillingly uninflected glimpse of cruelty. And if his protracted tale about coming out seems dated, that merely reflects White's master plan: he aims at nothing less than a social history of emerging gay consciousness from the suppressed 1950s through the '60s. In the era of AIDS, White's novel is a fiercely remembered plea not to push gays back into...
...London a friend dismisses the sect as "just an old-fashioned protection racket." Stan insists it could be the start of a new religion. Ordinarily, the safari would also enable Stan to indulge his favorite pastime, philandering, but his drab wife Millie insists on coming along. In Rachel Ingalls' tale of transformations, the ill-used wife falls in love with a dashing game warden who is believed to possess the qualities of the lion he once killed in a tribal rite. The affair works its magic, and Millie blossoms, while Stan falters in his search. The warden is killed...
Lojeski's tale is just one of hundreds of horror stories that taxpayers can tell about the heavy-handed tactics of the Government's tax collectors. With the dreaded April 15 filing deadline approaching, Congress is considering bills that would ensure greater protection of taxpayers, including a measure sponsored by Senator David Pryor, an Arkansas Democrat, that has come to be known as the Taxpayers' Bill of Rights. While no one denies that the IRS should be tough on tax cheats, critics charge that the agency is often too quick to seize property, sometimes moves on the basis of flimsy...
...like in the fairy tale, Cinderella got her prince in the end, or at least his crown. Last night, Kansas dragged its sad record into the NCAA final and won. Last night, Kansas became the losingest team ever to win an NCAA Championship...
Oklahoma entered last night's game as a nine-point favorite. The Sooners left wondering why they always get stuck in this fairy tale. In January, the Oklahoma football team--ranked number one in the nation--fell to Miami in the Orange Bowl and lost the national championship...