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...publishing world abuzz. It is the eerie similarity between the fictional story and that of the author. Ramus, a wan Alec Baldwin look-alike, is a first-time novelist with a potential best seller in his future, and also a possible prison sentence. Like his protagonist, in the '80s he was an art dealer with a fondness for heroin. By the '90s he had overcome his drug problems, but questionable business dealings left him with a $4 million debt and allegations of fraud...
...many novelists -- Beattie readily succumbs to the temptation to flaunt the detritus of years of reading, watching and listening to the culture. In the opening five pages are references to Richard Nixon, Elvis Presley, Henry Kissinger and Marianne Faithfull. Though an authentic voice of the late 1970s and '80s, with a particular talent for detail and dialogue, Beattie's style unfortunately has become dreary, unforceful, and dated...
Consistency is something the Crimson is striving for this year. While several players have been able to shoot in the low 80s in the team's first two seasons, higher scores in the 90s and 100s have cost the team in many tournaments...
Ideally, the Crimson would have to field golfers who all shoot in the low 80s or high 70s, but that's a process that will take a few years. As a new program, word is just beginning to get out about Harvard's youngest sport...
...that ignited the crowd. Sniffed one judge: "If Chow got a 9.425, Moceanu deserved an 11." But in the interest of creating a cohesive U.S. team, even flamboyant rival coaches Steve Nunno and Bela Karolyi kept their egos somewhat in check. Nunno, who in '92 boasted, "Bela is an '80s coach; I'm a '90s coach," last week publicly welcomed Karolyi back to the sport after a two-year retirement with the words "Bela will always be the leader...