Search Details

Word: theft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

When several publishing houses reject a manuscript by a Nobel Prize-winner like Saul Bellow, it's a sure sign that something is wrong. But I was optimistic as I began reading his new novella A Theft, convinced that I would discover an overlooked masterpiece. Unfortunately, all those publishing houses were not wrong...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: No Nobels For New Bellow Paperback Novella | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...former aides to Keverian and one former House aide face state charges of fraud in connection with alleged theft of state property, including video equipment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: State Atty. Gen. Blasts Speaker Keverian | 3/17/1989 | See Source »

...THEFT by Saul Bellow (Penguin; $6.95). The Nobel laureate offers an original novella in paperback, a vivid new fiction in which the familiar Bellow hero has become a heroine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Mar. 13, 1989 | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...scheme to make some extra cash" -- a plan too clever by half. Even then, Nunn prepared his moves carefully, cautiously. A cooling-off period was decreed. The eggs were stashed in the attic of Sam's home. "But I never realized they'd rot," said Nunn. "It was theft without profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smart, Dull And Very Powerful: SAM NUNN | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

Harvard police confirmed the arrest yesterday but had no information about the alleged theft or harassment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Arrest Man at Adams House Party | 3/7/1989 | See Source »

First | Previous | 295 | 296 | 297 | 298 | 299 | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 | 314 | 315 | Next | Last