Word: talese
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Larry McMurtry's splendid horse opera Lonesome Dove was a marvel of nostalgic bosh, and that same rare gift for making heroic tales from small-town street sweepings is on view in his new novel. Pretty Boy Floyd (Simon & Schuster; 444 pages; $24), written with McMurtry's screenwriting partner, Diana...
Literature and Arts A-18. Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
Carter was feted at some of the most fashionable spots in New York City. Restaurant patrons, overhearing his claim to fame, would come up and ask for his autograph. Photo editors at the major magazines wanted to meet the new hotshot, dressed in his black jeans and T shirts, with...
Tales of the new leader's supposed ill health are circulating to account for his absence from public view. Some say he has diabetes; others mention cirrhosis of the liver. There is no evidence for those claims, and some well- informed experts say Kim has always operated in secrecy and...
The Saturday meeting indeed proved dramatic. With a voice vote and show of hands, the N.A.A.C.P. board, with 59 of 64 members present, overwhelmingly decided to oust its executive director Benjamin Chavis Jr., 46, who had been beleaguered by tales of sexual harassment and financial mismanagement. Preparations had been tense...