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Irving has made numerous appearances recently, in print and on television, but yesterday marked his first public return to Cambridge, where he lives when he's not writing and wrestling in Putney, Vt. Irving first received widespread attention for his 1978 bestseller, "The World According to Garp...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: John Irving, 'Garp' Author, Signs Books at Coop | 9/29/1981 | See Source »

With money borrowed from his mother, he bought the St. Albans, Vt., Messenger in 1941. Five years later, he bought a share in the Union Leader and took full control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front-Page Fulminator | 9/28/1981 | See Source »

Boston said that it would top the offer of any other major local bank by one percentage point. But all Boston savings institutions were outbid by Merchants Bank of Burlington, Vt., which promised to pay 50% on an annual basis-for one month. Said Merchants Bank President Dudley Davis: "This is one of the few opportunities to guarantee a margin of profit for the bank, attract new customers and provide a profitable return to the investor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Savings Scramble | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...Breaking Away) how to make Williams a convincing literary hero. Irving also appears briefly in the movie as the referee peering intently into knots of arms and legs. In addition, he is currently finishing two weeks of teaching and readings at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Middlebury, Vt., appearing with such

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life into Art: Novelist John Irving | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

DIED. Arthur Keylor, 61, former vice president in charge of Time Inc.'s magazine group; of a heart attack; in Manchester, Vt. An associate publisher of LIFE and publisher of FORTUNE, Keylor took over the magazine group in 1972 and oversaw a tripling of magazine revenues to $1 billion. He presided over FORTUNE's switch from a monthly to a biweekly, the rebirth of LIFE as a monthly in 1978 and the launchings of PEOPLE (1974) and DISCOVER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Aug. 31, 1981 | 8/31/1981 | See Source »

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