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This novel, William Golding's tenth, picks up where Rites of Passage (1980) left off. Sequels ordinarily suggest the path of least resistance, the easiest way for a writer to capitalize on past accomplishments. Indeed, Rites of Passage marked one of the happier points of Golding's long career; it won the Booker Prize, England's most prestigious publishing award, and three years later its author received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Small wonder that Golding might want to extend a book that earned so much acclaim. The greater surprise is that he succeeds...
...week, went to one of the most important modernists of his generation, a master builder who can point to a body of work that is large, far-flung and confident. Tange was a committed and conscientious designer in the International Style during its heyday, a modernist who resisted the easiest answers of modernism during his prime...
...James Baker, to whom she spoke several times a day by telephone. Regan simply did not have the patience and was not astute enough to realize that talking to Nancy was a part of his job. Says one Reagan intimate: "We all know that she isn't the easiest person to deal with. Regan never understood how to handle her. It has a lot to do with how he interacts with women." The chief of staff became notorious in the past two years for his remarks disparaging women's interests and intelligence. In the White House he tended to dismiss...
Harvard's first step toward the national title probably will be its easiest. The Crimson will open play in the 26th annual ECAC post-season tournament tomorrow night at Bright Center against Brown (9-13 ECAC, 11-14-1 overall) and is heavily favored to advance to the semifinals next weekend at the Boston Garden...
Rossignol's stock recovered somewhat last week, but prospects for the French ski team are still discouraging. "The only way for them now is up," says a Rossignol spokesman hopefully. In the world of downhill skiing, however, that is not the easiest direction to attain...