Word: womanizers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...part of the Winthrop House Literary Series, DelBanco read his soon-to-be-published short story "The Writer's Trade," about Mark Fusco, a young author riding on a train that runs over a woman's body. The event leads to the protagonist's realization that his ambition to write great fiction can trivialize the very situations he depicts in his work...
...woman who travels alone, says Adventurer Mary Morris, "should know how to strike a proud pose, curse like a sailor, kick like a mule, and," she advises, "you mustn't be a fool." Especially when your roads lead way off the beaten track. Morris is not one for a luxury cruise. Instead she opts for danger and discomfort. Nothing to Declare is a memoir of her travels in Central America, which she explores in the tradition of truth through squalor, using a Mexican slum as a base camp. Despite occasional lapses into over- studied eloquence, she is a fascinating guide...
...other woman is a tall, slender young spartan in a loose, kimono-like black jacket and pants, her long, lank brown hair pulled back severely, her strong Slavic features firmly set in contemplation of the coming battle. No makeup or jewelry lends even a hint of frivolity to her appearance as she wraps one large hand around the neck of her Strad, tucks it confidently under her chin and prepares to stare down the ghost of Paganini. For Viktoria Mullova, there are no frills in concert, just her, the night and the music. & "I work better under pressure," she says...
...special occasions. "I cook for out-of-town friends or when my boyfriend comes over," says Gerri Brownstein, 25, a New York advertising-sales representative. Brownstein may be remembering an observation made by Thomas Wolfe. "There is no spectacle on earth more appealing than that of a beautiful woman in the act of cooking dinner for someone she loves," he wrote in The Web and the Rock. Somehow, the act of reheating dinner seems a lot less appealing...
...market has prompted manufacturers to design lightweight weapons with smaller grips, purses with built-in holsters and other accessories aimed at female buyers. Last month Shotgun News even sponsored a "gun and fashion show" in which scantily clad models demonstrated how a woman in a bikini can carry a concealed weapon (in her hairbow). A how-to video, A Woman's Guide to Firearms, released a year ago, has sold more than 8,000 copies...