Word: vernon
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...challenge [the Reagan Administration's] failure to exhibit a compassionate conservatism that adapts itself to the realities of a society..." --Vernon Jordan...
That is one of the questions that animates McEwan's eighth novel, Amsterdam (Doubleday; 193 pages; $21), the 1998 winner of Britain's prestigious Booker Prize. The composer in question is Clive Linley. He and his old friend Vernon Halliday, a newspaper editor, meet outside a London crematorium to say goodbye to Molly Lane, a glamorous and sexually generous woman dead in her late 40s of a painfully wasting disease. Each man had been her lover in earlier days, as had many others, including Julian Garmony, the Foreign Secretary, who is also present at the service. Linley and Halliday, unnerved...
...Linley, his ethical high ground has been undermined by his confession to Halliday that he witnessed a potential rape and did nothing to stop it. Halliday: "There are certain things more important than symphonies. They're called people." Linley: "And are these people as important as circulation figures, Vernon?" After such harsh words, what forgiveness? Amsterdam provides a chilling answer...
WASHINGTON: It's been more than two weeks since Bill Clinton got his homework assignment from Henry Hyde -- 81 questions on what exactly happened with his pals Vernon and Monica -- and the President is only now getting round to completing it. "We are close to the end of this process," said White House press spokesman Joe Lockhart, adding that Clinton would hand in the assignment either Thursday or Friday. Whether he would answer Hyde's questions in full, or merely refer him to answers previously given in the Paula Jones and grand jury depositions -- earning the President...
...annual Boston Snow Sports Expo is all about. Go for a chance to see more than merchandise for sale--the show promises everything from video presentations to a half-pipe vert show and appearances by skiing and snowboarding celebs. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Bayside Expo Center, 200 Mt. Vernon St, Boston...