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Alice Adams' final novel a worthy parting tribute to her skills
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Alice Adams' final novel a worthy parting tribute to her skills
By JEAN BLISH SIERS
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Tuesday, November 21, 2000
After the War. By Alice Adams. Knopf. 306 pages. $25.
Alice Adams' brilliance rested not simply in her wonderful prose,
but also in the fully realized characters she wove into that prose --
always recognizable, but never mere caricatures.
When Adams died last year, readers lost one of the most origi-
nal, fresh and insightful voices of the late 20th century. Her final
novel, "After the War" was completed before her death and
demonstrates a remarkable maturity, ...
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Swiss babies? It's child's play ... if, like me, you're a parent you will know what a special event it is to have children. If, also like me, you became a parent while in Switzerland, you will of course know that even giving birth here has its own special rules and regulations.(CULTURE SHOCK)
Magazine article from: Swiss News
; ...particular problem is that men in Switzerland anglicise their names in an...that your baby's hometown in Switzerland may not be the town where they...and not somewhere in Canton Uri--thank you Switzerland for pointing out my mistake...
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Immigration to boost population increase in Switzerland
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; ...boost population increase in Switzerland GENEVA, April 26 (Xinhua...cantons -- Zug in central Switzerland and Fribourg in the west...6.5 percent. Glarus and Uri in central Switzerland are also set to lose residents...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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3.00pm RUB THAT BALL AND THINK OF ENGLAND; URI GELLER JOINS THE DAILY MIRROR FOR THE GREAT EURO 96 PSYCHIC EXPERIMENT.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; Mind-bender Uri Geller today urges Mirror readers...when England kick off against Switzerland in the opening match of the three-week soccer feast - Uri says look at our picture of...sensational. Soccer-mad Uri tells readers: "I have filled...
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MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU; Psychic Uri will Alp us beat the Swiss.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...MORRIS and FIONA WYNNE PSYCHIC Uri Geller flew into Dublin yesterday...you can win. Spoon-bender Uri, 58, rid the pitch of negative energy for the vital clash with Switzerland. He added: "It's to do...CAPTION(S): BEND IT LIKE URI: Geller at Lansdowne road yesterday
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Uri psy-kicked into touch.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; Mind bender Uri Geller has been shown the...Mirror revealed yesterday that Uri was standing by to help lift...match draw with outsiders Switzerland. Geller, 49, who made his...right on line." Millionaire Uri said at his Berkshire home...
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ENGLAND CALL-UP FOR URI GELLER; Mind-bending boost.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...sensationally called in mind-bender Uri Geller to help his struggling squad...after Saturday's dismal display against Switzerland. And he claimed he could have helped...If I could have seen them before the Switzerland game it would have been a different result...
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Switzerland, what's your name?
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times
; ...still alludes to this. Switzerland is the country's modern...Alps. However, the term "Switzerland" can be considered as perfectly...Schwyz, Unterwalden and Uri - now the core area of present Switzerland - did not see a need for...
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The heart of ancient Switzerland // Mt. Rigi provides picture-book views of lakes, the alps and yes, even cows
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...the center of historic Switzerland. "Down behind that...Lake Lucerne, is Lake Uri," Gander explained...east. "That's where Switzerland was born, in Rutli...three forest cantons, Uri, Obwalden and Schwyz...alliance, creating modern Switzerland. "That's Lucerne...
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Zimmer, Oliver A Contested Nation: History, Memory, and Nationalism in Switzerland, 1761-1891.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books
; ...and Nationalism in Switzerland, 1761-1891 New York...between the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden...Zimmer admits that Switzerland as a national state easily...religious diversity of Switzerland, both clearly demarcated...
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Black sheep, white sheep: the Swiss and Immigration.(on Switzerland's immigration policy)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; ...About two-thirds of Switzerland is German-speaking, and...includes the heartland of Switzerland, the forest cantons of Schwyz, Uri and Unterwalden, where...that the President of Switzerland gives a keynote speech...
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