Word: cat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...occurs to us that we're going to die unless we behave." Realizing that "my streak of self- destructiveness had to end," McGuane quit drinking and poured himself into writing. Two novels -- Nobody's Angel (1982) and Something to Be Desired (1985) -- were followed by To Skin a Cat (1986), a well-received collection of short stories that helped put McGuane back on the literary track...
...high-tech game of cat and mouse, the Justice Department said last week that it had found and triggered the freezing of $60.1 million in bank accounts in five countries that contained the personal income of Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, a leader of the Medellin cartel. Using financial records and computer disks captured by the Colombian government, U.S. agents traced Rodriguez money to accounts in the U.S., Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria and Britain...
...young men of the Casbah think differently. Each day they play a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Israeli patrols, attacking with rocks and Molotov cocktails -- and succumbing to the army's return fire of bullets and rubber-coated metal balls. In a single day the same filthy streets may be "liberated" and reoccupied a dozen times...
...contrast, The Heartaches of a French Cat (Godine; $14.95) features a mute cast of felines. Author and illustrator Barbara McClintock places her 19th century tale onstage, where everything is expressed through the dramatic pose and the pregnant paws. Minette is pursued by the rakish Count Bisquet and the worthy Lionel. In the end she spurns them both to write her scandalous memoir, which becomes an overnight success. If there is any justice, so will this comic biography...
Proceeds from the concert will go to the Fund for Animals, which was founded in 1967 by Cleveland Amory '39, author of Who Killed Society? and the recent bestseller The Cat Who Came for Christmas...