Word: trumper
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only case law precedent on the books in Massachusetts is Trumper vs. Quincy, Randall said. The Supreme Judicial Court in that case upheld neighborhood property-owners who had demanded a three-fourths vote. "The standing of the owners was not a question there however; we are arguing that since Harvard is not an individual it is a different question," Randall said...
Irving's easily daunted hero is Fred ("Bogus") Trumper, a monumental procrastinator with a talent for bungling. Bogus' hardscrabble effort to support his wife "Biggie" and infant son Colm by selling football pins and pennants is thwarted by a mob of fans who pick clean his display board. Seeing his existence threatened by "little things-errors of judgment, but never crimes" -Bogus begins identifying with Akthelt, the heroic warrior and lover in Akthelt and Gunnel-an absurd Old Low Norse epic he is translating for his doctoral thesis. And when Akthelt is told "Det henskit of krig...
Worse yet, Trumper's sex life is painfully complicated by a medical complaint that might embarrass even Alexander Portnoy. Unable to commit himself to risky surgery, Trumper opts for "the water method"-a sloppy palliative that requires him to drink huge amounts of water before and after intercourse to flush himself...
Remarkably, John Irving manages to weave the disparate fragmented elements of Trumper's calamities into a rich, unified tapestry. From the dreck of daily lives, he can make the improbable seem likely and retrieve something of beauty...