Word: yarns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have a box that I keep underneath my desk of all the letters I've received since I was two years old. I've had the same box since I was 10; it's overflowing now, the sides are coming apart, and the red piece of yarn that holds it together is badly frayed...
...Horse Whisperer, a romantic yarn in which a Montana cowboy with a mystical gift for communicating with horses has a torrid affair with a British-born magazine editor from New York, caused a stir in publishing and Hollywood circles as soon as the manuscript began circulating last fall. Robert Redford and Disney ponied up $3 million for movie rights; Dell Publishing won North American book rights for $3.15 million; and foreign rights topped $2 million. And that was before Evans had even finished writing the book...
...urged the parties to settle. Under the terms of the settlement, Gary may exercise his visiting rights only by picking up and dropping off the kids at the police station. Margaret, 41, now has a permanent restraining order, as well as her first full-time job, at a yarn factory, and hopes to save the $350 she needs to change her name. "More than most people, these women need a strong advocate," says Freiberg. "All they need is a little help and legal protection...
...Savannah these days, when people talk about "the Book," they are referring not to the Bible but to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, the best-selling suspense yarn by journalist John Berendt. The true account of a notorious 1981 Savannah homicide case, the book is now in its 46th printing and three weeks ago, passed the one-year mark on the New York Times' best-seller list. It has been translated into six languages, including Norwegian, is being developed as a movie by Warner Bros., and has sparked a tourist boom in the genteel town of Savannah...
...Matherites aren't the only ones with a yen for yarn. Two years ago, Winthrop House, too, created its own Knitting Society. Currently, it boasts as loyal and ever-growing following...