Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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People who say The Ugly American reads as if it had been "written in a hurry" usually don't know how right they are. Six days before a similar, completely factual version of the slashing attack on American diplomatic methods was to go to the publisher, co-authors William J...
Behind the switch from fact to fiction is one of Lederer's pet theories on writing: "When you write, you want to communicate with as many people as possible. In this case, that meant a novel."
They had no qualms about either the accuracy of facts carefully garnered over many months' research, both in the United States and Asia, or about the reaction to what is unquestionably a controversial book. Rather, the change stemmed from ideas in another book Lederer had written some ten years earlier...
The victory brought B.C.'s season slate to 5-0, while the Crimson's record sagged to 3-2. A loss to B.C., one of New England's very best teams, is not necessarily humiliating.
The Eagles were right on target, with their 75th point coming at 5:07, but they bogged down in the final minutes and fell 12 points short of the magic 100 mark.