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...monkeys are the seven Vincent children: Caitlin, Sophie, Delilah, Gus Jr., Sherman, Chicky and Minnie, the youngest. Their father, Augustus Paine Vincent, a banker and yacht-club member, has the low profile of old-line Boston. He is the weak silent type and a heavy drinker. His wife, and mother of the brood, is the former Rose Marie O'Dare, Irish Catholic and a fine choice. One suspects that the Vincent bloodline had thinned since the days of the vigorous Yankee traders and that Rose Marie brought an unaffected vitality to the clan. She makes babies as easily as some...
...minds and bodies. The point of view is largely that of Sophie, the second daughter, who coolly focuses on incidents that span some dozen years. The book is in nine episodes that could be, with minor adjustments, independent stories. "Hiding," the opening section, locates the emotional poles of the Vincent family. With a mischievous "hee hee hee," Rosie crams herself and her children into a huge linen closet. The point is to play a trick on Daddy, but Daddy won't play. He returns home and, finding no one about, simply sits down to watch a football game...
...Holworthy Hall and Tai-Pei, Taiwan; Hector I. Osorio '89 of Weld Hall and Queens, N.Y.; Robert G. Popham '88 of Lowell House and Ellicott City, Md.; Andrea L. Roberts '88 of Winthrop House and Newton; Adam Ruderman '87 of Dudley House and New York, N.Y.; J. Carter Vincent '89 of Wigglesworth Hall and Newton...
...owner of Sky Search Video in the Atlanta suburbs, estimates that ten dish dealers in the area have closed their doors in just the past two weeks. Many consumers are upset that the costly dishes they bought in pursuit of video independence may turn out to be duds. Says Vincent Morgan, 41, who has a dish in the backyard of his south Los Angeles home: "When the skies go black, a lot of people are going to end up with a very expensive birdbath...
...author of several inspirational best sellers, Schuller shook 10,000 hands in a weeklong January tour promoting his latest volume, an upbeat rewrite of Jesus' Beatitudes titled The Be-Happy Attitudes. Schuller is affiliated with the mainline Reformed Church in America, as is his predecessor in hyperoptimism, Norman Vincent Peale...