Even more than the progress of Strange's investigation, Pelecanos's novel is about how the men become uneasy partners, addressing but never closing the divide that separates them.
Paul Casey, of strikingly similar stature to Louis Oosthuizen and in strikingly similar clobber, simply could not reel in his playing partner, never closing the gap to less than three shots, and watching the South African become all but uncatchable.
The new slogan, "America's diner is always open," is meant to connote not merely the kitchen never closing, but also to "open being our attitude and philosophy," said Peter McGuinness, chief executive of Gotham.
Her materials are carpooling, drive-through-everything, lost clarinet reeds, children who clamor for a pet and then never look after it, dirty ovens, gently bumbling husbands who drift through the house opening cabinets and never closing them, etc.
"They now see the need to close this deal quickly, or perhaps risk never closing it at all," Geoffrey Porges, biotechnology analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Company, wrote in a note to clients Friday.
Unless these mortgage approval land mines are fully vetted in the preliminary approval process, purchase contracts live in fear of never closing.
