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...taunting girls and boys who come to grief when the target of their mockery demonstrates supernatural powers of destruction in a crowded gym on prom night. Carrie was blasted by London critics when it opened a four-week run in February at the R.S.C.'s home in Stratford-upon-Avon. The show was rewritten almost nightly; special effects misfired disastrously; one of the two leads quit. Problems continued when it moved to New York City, and the opening was postponed beyond the cutoff for Tony nominations, undercutting the marketing strategy...
Even as a child, Bork delighted in running counter to the grain. He became a popular but bookish teenager who mystified his friends in the solidly Republican town of Ben Avon, a Pittsburgh suburb, by declaring himself a socialist. His father, a purchasing agent for a steel company, and his mother, a teacher, both thought the flirtation with socialism was crazy. "I read The Coming Struggle for Power, a Marxist analysis of capitalism by John Strachey," he recalled later. "It was powerful stuff and I thought it was probably true...
...trapped in the airy territory of hardback fiction, where tastes are as refined as sales are poor. If he's lucky, some canny product get the film rights and turn it into a mini-series which those with brain cells can actually watch. Or perhaps he can persuade Avon books to buy it up, put on a slightly racy cover hinting of decadent Southern sensuality and drag a few suburban housewives into the realm of real literature. Otherwise, Mrs. Randall will remain a pleasure reserved only for those in the know...
While some religious groups have long maintained such communities, several private companies, including Avon and Marriott, are now getting into the field. Already, about 700 retirement communities across the U.S. provide some form of continuing care for about 200,000 residents. The American Association of Homes for the Aging expects the number of these centers to double in the next decade...
Unlike San Antonio Gardens, many life-care communities belong to large chains. The biggest provider is Life Care Services of Des Moines, a subsidiary of Weitz Corp., which has managed or developed more than 50 communities nationwide. The Mediplex Group, owned by Avon, has 19 facilities either completed or in the works, largely in California, Arizona and Pennsylvania. Marriott, which is best known for its hotels, has invested $150 million in three projects now under way in Haverford, Pa., Fort Belvoir, Va., and San Ramon, Calif. The company plans to build six more life-care communities by the early 1990s...