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'Gray's Anatomy.' (monologue excerpt)(includes related article) (Cover Story)

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An except from a theatrical monologue under development is presented. The monologue describes the actor's experience with an eye condition called a macular pucker that afflicts his left eye. He attended an Indian sweat-lodge ceremony in an attempt to find an alternative treatment.

Author: Gray, Spalding
Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1992
Care and treatment, Personal narratives, Cover Story, Native Americans, Alternative medicine, Eye diseases, Native American medicine

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The gray American novel

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The latest works of aging novelists John Updike, Philip Roth, and Saul Bellow are following social trends by frank portrayal of the sex lives of older characters. This is a marked departure from the portrayal of seniors earlier in their careers.

Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
Portrayals, Novelists, Criticism and interpretation, Sexuality, Bellow, Saul, American literature, Sex in literature, Updike, John, Roth, Philip (American novelist)

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Muggles: screening the novel words of Harry Potter

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The Harry Potter novels have introduced a wide variety of British words, place names, and inventions of both, to millions of readers. Pronunciations of many may surprise readers who see the upcoming film.

Publisher: The New York Times Company
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
Social aspects, Influence, English language, Rowling, J.K., Words, New, New words, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Motion picture)

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