Word: ruth
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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There are scores of surprising talents such as the French Canadian Anne Hebert, 64, and the American Ruth Stone, 65, who are among the most personal, powerful and sensuous of the contemporary poets represented. There are also some regrettable omissions, for example, Jean Valentine, Jane Cooper, Jean Garrigue and Elizabeth Bishop. Yet it should be noted that before her death in 1979, Bishop declined to be included in this anthology. Her reason: it is confined to women. Certainly, as Bishop's demurral suggests, it is no easy matter to designate a writer, a woman and a member...
...editorial staff at the Time & Life Building in midtown Manhattan was heading home, the work of Manufacturing and Distribution was far from finished. With an impressive network of messengers put together by Ruth Pouliot, corporate operations manager for TIME, black-and-white pictures were rushed to the production office in lower Manhattan. She also hired a helicopter to shuttle color photos to an engraver on Long Island. Finally, the finished pages were flown or electronically transmitted to all 15 printing locations in the U.S. and overseas. By 8 p.m. the first presses were running. And by Thursday morning, TIME...
...uniform No. 1 for Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants, he led the team to 13 Central League pennant titles and twelve Japan Series victories in 21 years. Sadaharu is a lefthanded power hitter with a .301 career average and 868 home runs to his credit, more than Babe Ruth's 714, more than Hank Aaron's 755. Oh, what a commotion when Oh-san, now 40, retired! Five sports dailies issued red-ink editions hailing the king's modest announcement that "I have reached the technical and physical limits of my abilities." Mammoth sayonaras headlined the country...
...different kettle of poissons, drawn from dozens of national cuisines, is Ruth A. Spear's Cooking Fish and Shellfish (Doubleday; $16.95). The theme of her book is "taking fish seriously," which steak-and-tater Yankees seldom do, even on the seacoasts. Americans are blessed with a biblical abundance of seafood; some 200 varieties pass through Manhattan's Fulton Fish Market. They range from the eel (Anguilla rostrata), much prized by Mediterranean diners, to squid, abalone, Boston scrod, the sadly underrated pike and San Francisco Dungeness crab. American oysters-notably Lynnhavens, Bluepoints, Chincoteagues and the Pacific Olympias...
...fear of being dropped from the cast, furry or feathery actors often fail to perform. The directors of a Minute Maid commercial went through three roosters and 4,000 ft. of film trying to get one second's worth of crowing. Some animals are doggoned prima donnas. Ruth, a shaggy dog star for the Dawn rental agency in New York City, is famous for pushing away her bowl in pet food ads. She makes about $25,000 a year and insists on being the closest to the camera any time she works with other canines. She whines and frets...