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FROM THE BOOK JACKET, Spark gazes over her eyeglasses and down her unassuming nose at us. Her keen glance dissects us. She has exposed the emotionally detached Fleur to us. Whether the very talented Fleur Talbot is meant to be the autobiographical persons of the very talented Muriel Spark or not doesn't matter. Strength and weakness, mystery an I magic--these enliven this and all Spark's work and they create a world that cuts itself loose from reality...

Author: By Sarah L. Bingham, | Title: Intent to Sparkle | 4/25/1981 | See Source »

April 23, 1:29 p.m.--A man wearing a denim jacket and blue jeans approached a secrtary in Cabot Hall, handed her a gold earring and a silver chain, and said, "I was stealing these, but you can have them." The man then left...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Blotter | 4/25/1981 | See Source »

Rechecking rooms at 1:15 p.m. to replace some used towels, the maid found Hinckley in the room, wearing a light-colored jacket, sport shirt and casual pants. He stood by the bathroom door and watched without expression as she hung the towels. Shortly afterward he left for the Hilton. It was almost a mile away, less than a half-hour walk. If he went by cab or bus, he was unnoticed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Six Shots at a Nation's Heart | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

...threat from the aghast and screaming crowd; for all he knew, it might hold other assailants. Another agent, jammed against the wall in the melee, waved his pistol toward the menacing street. "Get a police car! Get a car!" cried the men holding Hinckley. Handcuffing Hinckley and throwing a jacket over his head, the officers shoved him toward one police car, but found the rear door locked. They pushed him into a second and sped off to Washington police headquarters, some 30 blocks away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Six Shots at a Nation's Heart | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

...quickly as possible. Oxygen was administered to aid the President in breathing, and fluids were given intravenously to raise his blood pressure. A reading indicated that the systolic pressure (when the heart contracts) had dropped below 100, alarmingly low. Simultaneously, his clothing was cut away; as soon as the jacket and shirt were off, an oozing, slitlike bullet hole was discovered just under the left armpit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Emergency in Room 5A | 4/13/1981 | See Source »

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