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Quaid and Ryan have divorced, but he still lives here. A big New England--style house shielded by a great wall of trees, it's more subdued now, except for the rowdy Border Terrier puppy belonging to their son Jack, 10. "I love this house," says Quaid, 48, standing in the kitchen in the early morning, pouring coffee. "I'm finally getting around now to redoing...
...Seek My Face (Knopf; 276 pages), describes a long interview in which a journalist with a plain mind confronts a woman with more intricate workings. Hope, 78, is a famous American painter who is questioned by Kathryn, 27, a relentless art specialist who knows everything about postwar American artists except the deep sources of their power to throw thunderbolts. That she will never comprehend. "Interviewers and critics are the enemies of mystery," Hope thinks to herself, "the indeterminacy that gives art life." It's safe to say Updike has entertained that very thought...
...board members this year except for first-years came from member-at-large positions...
...album will surprise noone except the goldfish-memoried few who persist in expecting rock to lie down in its grave. For the rest, enjoy another dose of bright-shiny anguish and riveting riffs...
...this is a change from last year, all I can say is that we have all new members except for Nancy [A. Redd ’03] and me,” Monteiro wrote, “and that we are trying to be very careful with the rules this year...