Word: stayed
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...novel first. Then came a million dollars more from Hollywood, and royalties from the 18 foreign-language editions of the novel are still rolling in. Neither Turow nor FS&G will disclose the financial arrangements surrounding The Burden of Proof; what is known is that the author wanted to stay with his original publisher, and his publisher was eager to oblige. But the new novel has already attracted more than $3.2 million for the paperback rights alone. What scribbling starveling, faced with debts and rejection slips -- and knowing that Turow is in addition a handsomely paid lawyer -- could resist...
...realize that he was more conventional than he had thought. "It was unbelievable," he remembers. "There was incessant drinking and substance abuse, and marriages were falling apart all over the place. Annette and I were newly married ((they made their union official in April 1971)), and we decided to stay married. In that sense, California was too crazy...
...life at the moment is hectic. As a lawyer, he is representing clients in what he delicately describes as "three grand-jury matters" that will occupy some of his attention as he sets off on a coast-to-coast publicity tour for his new novel. Why not simply stay at home and take care of business? "Since I've taken money for this project, I owe all the people who have an investment...
...groups to air their grievances. Springer led the group of Jewish campers, while his Palestinian co-counselor led the Palestinian group. Springer asked his group, "What do you think of Arabs?" He received answers like, "They're dangerous," "I wouldn't trust them," and "Why do they have to stay in my country...
...four years, many of us who graduates today took that banal, complacent recommendation from singer Bobby McFerrin to heart. On campus, we abstracted ourselves from the contradictions of daily life, trying to stay happy...