Word: talese
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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9. Unfinished Tales, Tolkien (7)
But unfortunately, it also makes one restless. It's just too perfect, and in the end it is, dare one say it, awfully boring. What's crystalline and well-crafted often leaves one cold. When Helprin's not affecting an especially tedious antique style for telling whispy tales of love...
The letters column includes this scolding reminder of Eagle's bottom-line purpose: "While a story on El Salvador's civil war was informative, the author neglected to mention whether the El Salvadoran Central Government was currently accepting American volunteers in its army." It is a defect that has been...
1. Unfinished Tales, Tolkien (7)
In the late 1960s, the Enquirer shed its "I Ate My Baby" image in favor of miracle diets, life-after-death tales and celebrity muck. A fact-checking department was developed in its Lantana, Fla., headquarters, and all gossip items had to be backed up by two independent sources-who...