Word: hauntedness
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John Gotti is haunted by the deception of Wilfred ("Willie Boy") Johnson, a Gambino-family associate. Caught carrying $50,000 in a paper bag in 1981, Johnson invited New York City detectives to help themselves to the cash. They charged him with bribery. After that Johnson, who hung out at...
For now, the villages still seem haunted by the ghostly reminders of what used to be. Children's toys and clothes litter the huts, bicycles lean carelessly against back walls, stew cakes in pots, crumpled bed sheets still bear the impress of daily life. But in the now deserted streets...
The man who ordered chairs for Tercentenary Theater, selected the caterers, and headed planning for the 350th floating birthday party is worried about one last detail: rain. Memories of a soggy morning 50 years ago have haunted Stephenson the last five years as chief organizer of this week's anniversary...
In the 20th century, which, in cultural matters, really began around 1880, this changed. After 1910 the momentum of change was plain to all. Why do we always speak of "modern sculpture" but never of "modern statues"? Because one of the criteria of modernity itself was the degree to which...
Although Rendell's views on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's foreign and economic policies tilt to the left, she sounds deeply conservative when she laments the steady disappearance of rural England. She attributes her alertness to these issues, and her deft handling of nuances of social class, to her...