Word: thunderstruck
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mystery that offers no real mystery, no official detective, no police action of consequence and no crime -- yet is flavored with an authentic elixir of suspicion and dread. The central character is a radiologist caught up in what his psychiatrist colleagues would label a mid-life crisis: thunderstruck by the nubile daughter of old friends, he undertakes a frenzied search for signs of reciprocity. The result is either hysteria or someone's genuine plot to drive him crazy. Imago lacks the sociological acuity and command of character of McClure's best work, but it vividly portrays the emotional peaks...
Byrne had pledged after her primary loss to support Washington, but characteristically, changed her mind. Washington said he was "thunderstruck" at the mayor's decision, but in perspective, her action doesn't seem all that shocking. Four years ago, at the beginning of her term, Byrne had done a similar flip-flop, with less fanfare...