Word: topicalism
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...Most Wanted, for instance, could be a topic on Oprah's show: the book is about Texas Teenagers Who Fall Desperately in Love with Convicts--and it's about childless mothers and motherless children. Dorman has said she and Mitchard raced the clock to get the book into the hands of beach readers. The haste shows. Predictable and melodramatic, The Most Wanted lacks the depth of The Deep End of the Ocean, which was a moving portrait of a family in the aftermath of a child's kidnapping...
...inspirational stories go, this one is pretty good. Once upon a time--1989, to be exact--a pair of aspiring authors compiled a book of their favorite inspirational tales and poems. They grouped them according to topic and chose a catchy title. Then they hired a professional book agent to help them get their dream between hard covers. One major publisher after another turned them down cold, and after the 33rd rejection, their agent quit. Face it, they were told: "Parables don't sell." And that title! "Too nicey-nice." But the plucky authors soldiered on. Finally...
...ESPN commentators gushed at halftime of theStanford game about her "guns and game," andFeaster was the main topic of conversation atevery press conference before and after both theHarvard-Stanford game and the subsequent Harvardloss to Arkansas...
...with randomization slated for review in the coming year, the departure of two masters who in the past have espoused strong but differing opinions on the topic promises to make the group a bit more moderate...
...although Elizabeth Dole's spokespeople would not reveal the topic of today's address, it would not be surprising if she sets off into the crowd, armed with information about who the graduates are and where they are going--even after she spent the early part of this week surveying tornado damage in South Dakota...