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The Guardian of London said in an editorial that Russia's allowing a "token" visit by a representative of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to the embattled republic "will do nothing to halt the gut-wrenching mayhem in Chechnya, where there remains no prospect of a ceasefire or even of a de-escalation."
Feminists approve of the novel, about an aging rock star and her two abandoned children, because it coldly documents the woman's abuse and is "clear-eyed about the economic forces that shape women's lives" (Valerie Sayers, the New York Times Book Review ). Others say Allison "leans precariously toward melodrama" and tries too hard for "gut-wrenching emotion" (Phyllis Richardson, the Los Angeles Times Book Review ).
The next hole, the 17 th , we all watched in gut-wrenching horror as Lehman hit his approach shot into the pond.