Word: dated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That is not easy for Mack Malloy, Turow's most complex and problematic hero to date. Pushing 50, Mack agrees to look for the missing partner because he fears his own high-paying job at Gage & Griswell may be in jeopardy; if he succeeds, he should be able to coast on his partners' gratitude for a few more years. The idea of the chase appeals to the ex-cop in him. And the job may distract him from the dreariness of his personal life: his recent divorce, his unruly adolescent son, the drinking problem he hopes he has solved...
...most accomplished composer of the three was Schulhoff, whose String Quartet No. 1 and two other chamber works, which date from 1924-25, reveal the kind of craftsmanship and imagination to be expected from a student of Reger and Debussy. The quartet in particular is outstanding, combining the rhythmic snap of Bartok with the plaintive melodic lines of Kodaly...
Fifty students in Nashville, Tennessee, stand in front of a gathering of Baptist ministers to make a pledge: "Believing that true love waits, I make a commitment to God, myself, my family, those I date, my future mate and my future children to be sexually pure until the day I enter a covenant marriage relationship...
...education class at San Leandro High School in California, but, she asserts, "there's no real discussion about emotional issues and people's opinions." The program consists mostly of films and slides with information on sex and birth control. It lacks any give-and-take on issues like date rape and how to say no to sexual pressure. "The school doesn't emphasize anything," she says. "If you have a question, you go to your friends, but they don't have all the answers." As for her family, "sex is not mentioned...
...spelling of his name." Egyptian passports, however, give names in both Arabic and English. The English name on the sheik's passport, according to sources who have examined the document, was exactly the same as on AVLOS microfiche. "We had the right name, the right nationality and the right date of birth," says a senior official. The State Department is now trying to find out whether the embassy employee, who still works in Khartoum, made a mistake, did not check -- or was told by Sudan's radical Islamic government to help the sheik...