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...alcoholic, and she is trying to pull herself together. Nancy Kerrigan, who took silver in a showdown watched closely by nearly everyone in the world except maybe the judges, has staged a damage-control clinic after being accused of a series of attitude crimes, including an alleged verbal assault on Mickey Mouse. And speaking of assault, Tonya Harding, the truck-driving heroine of that infamous gang of hockey pucks who conspired to conk Kerrigan on the knee--inadvertently adding a booster jet to skating's already soaring popularity--has, depending on the day, seemed just a fast buck away from...
...other characters seem mute and unable to connect with each other; Antony has to filter his decisions through Cleopatra's ultimate judgment and there are moments when no one listens at all when he speaks. Even Antony's friend Eros, to avoid a verbal disagreement with Antony when he orders her to kill him, kills herself instead. Feinstein's Antony is memorable and portrayed excellently, but the helplessness of his character makes one view his emotional tirades like those of a child. Everyone, save Cleopatra and Caesar, seems to float alone through the story, which is why the Victorian setting...
...Jersey couple whose good life is destroyed when their daughter becomes a '60s terrorist. In Roth's earlier novels, parents tended toward the comic and repressive. Not here. The author renders the Job-like suffering of a father and mother over a lost child with characteristic emotional force and verbal energy...
...initial festivities included a Radcliffe Union of Students Expo on self-expression and verbal self-defense, and a "Naked Grrrls' Brunch"--a clothing swap...
...fuss is about. But just as the art expert will never be able to convey to the color-blind woman at the Picasso exhibit what she's missing, the bagel-lover will have a hard time converting the uninitiated. The allure of the fresh, well-made bagel, alas, defies verbal explanation. And yet despite this handicap, in recent years the bagel has been popularized across the nation, a development which culminated in the Dunkin' Donuts chains decision to enter the bagel-making field. In cities such as Memphis and Atlanta, bagels are becoming everything from an occasional bread substitute...