LETTERS TO L.A. LIFE : RANDOM HOUSE `100 BEST' LIST LACKS RHYME, REASON.Lovers of Danielle Steele and J.R.R. Tolkien, take heart! You have nothing to fear from the exclusion of your favorites from ``The 100 Best Novels of the Century'' as listed and ranked by the editorial board of Random House publishers. Best or second best, a number of the novels simply aren't available. The 1997-98 Books in Print, for example, has no entry for Henry Green's ``Loving,'' ranked 89th. And a phone check with Penguin Books indicates that Lawrence Durrell's ``The Alexandria Quartet,'' ranked 70th, is also out of print. The top executives of Random House should immediately disavow TO DISAVOW. To deny the authority by which an agent pretends to have acted as when he has exceeded the bounds of his authority. 2. It is the duty of the principal to fulfill the contracts which have been entered into by his authorized agent; and when an agent the 100-best list as a misguided attempt to peddle expensive out-of-date elitist e·lit·ism or é·lit·ism n. 1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources. fiction. If they have any kind of social conscience, especially in view of our society's drift toward alienation and violence, they should give American readers what is truly needed today - some cheap hold-in-the-hand anthologies of mainstream poems by the likes of Rudyard Kipling and Robert Frost, ideally in large print that fifth-graders can read without squinting squint v. squint·ed, squint·ing, squints v.intr. 1. To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight. 2. a. To look or glance sideways. b. . - Robert Oliphant Coordinator of Poetry for Social Bonding Outreach Programs, Californians for Community College Equity Period or no period, `S' stood for nothing Re: `` `Truman Show' takes top prize'' (L.A. Life Weekend, June 26): You should be aware that the photo that accompanied this article is of President Harry S Truman, not Harry S. Truman For other persons named Harry Truman, see Harry Truman (disambiguation). Harry S. Truman (May 8 1884 – December 26 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953); as vice president, he succeeded to the office upon the death of Franklin D. as he is called in the photo's caption. - David Bacardi Berkeley (Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Once asked about his middle name, Truman said the S was not short for any middle name and that he had no preference for how it appeared in print. Since then, the Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. style has called for a period.) CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Harry Truman said the S was not short for any middle name and that he had no preference for how it appeared in print. |
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