Word: variants
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...matter, and the narrative shares the traits of its subject to a fault. Absence of mind may be appealing enough in the intoxicated flesh. But mindless prose about mindless protagonists, mindlessly cavorting in and out of bed from Cambridge to California, on this, that and and the other variant of a chemical lobotomy is next-of-kin to sheer trash...
...spell." Here I must protest and explain. The New York Times called me at my home in the country on Sunday, Feb. 18, as I was making a snowman with my children. The name (Dikran A. Sarrafian) was in my files in the office, and since there are variant spellings of the name, I wanted to be sure that I gave the right one. This I did as soon as I was back in my office...
...confused, they know their general vicinity. And The Emigrants is so permieatod with their consistent actions, and quick observances of the world they walk through, that we feel we are trekking into the heart of the subject matter while we watch, and can make analytic comments only after checking variant histories. Troell adheres throughout to his imagined 1844-47 viewpoint, even while he skirts the chance of making his characters seem silly to jaundiced twentieth century eyes and ears. He is a tremendously gifted artist, selecting and molding even the most casual event, and his method works...
Most restaurateurs suffer silently under a gourmand's assault, but they all frown on one particular variant, the Takeout Artist. At the Stockholm, for example, Manager White caught one soberly dressed couple making off with 4 lbs. of shrimp in a concealed plastic bag after they had finished dining. When White intercepted them, both complained angrily-and the woman dumped the smuggled shrimp on the floor at his feet. A pair of California counterculturists astounded the manager of Shakey's Pizza Parlor with the huge amounts of food they were putting away-until he found an excuse...
Money Needed. Moreover, the BEA options to buy six more planes are less than they seem. Marking noted that his airline would exercise its option only for a "variant" of the present version, very possibly a longer-range plane with a more powerful Rolls-Royce engine. If Lockheed can produce the new model, the British government has promised to provide 75% of the $76 million that Rolls-Royce would need to develop the engines. But Lockheed will have to put up an estimated $80 million to $100 million to develop the modified plane, and it does not now have...