Word: reals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...takes a brave or foolhardy author to court competition with the 19th century masters, to write an ersatz novel when dozens and dozens of the real things are on the library shelves. That Palliser succeeds in capturing this distant world of Victorian fiction -- with its careful plotting and moral punctiliousness -- is impressive enough for openers. That he makes The Quincunx a gripping read throughout most of its length is practically miraculous...
...England during the 1820s and '30s, the novel is chiefly narrated by a character who first appears as a young boy named John Mellamphy. He lives with his mother in a small village; he has no knowledge of his father, nor does he realize that Mellamphy is not his real surname. Gradually, he comes to understand that his mother possesses something that a number of other people desperately want. It is the codicil to an old, disputed will concerning the immense Huffam estate. The present holder of that property, Sir Perceval Mompesson, wants to obtain the codicil...
...believe in America and what it symbolizes. We believe in the idea of real competition between two hungry, mean teams ready to knock each other's heads off. In other words, we believe in Bud Bowl. And this time...
...reality is that this city has to move on," said Vice Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72. "We have lost sight of a very important thing--the ownership of real estate, while a wonderful thing, is not the reason for being...
...Germany is different from Hungary and Poland," says Astrid, 26, a nurse. "We were fighting for something special. We want real socialism, like the socialism we learned in school...