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devolve v. when property is automatically transferred from one party to another by operation of law, without any act required of either past or present owner. The most common example is passing of title to the natural heir of a person upon his death. 2) passing of authority to a vice president on death of a president. 3) to give a territory sovereign rights to run itself. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That, in a nutshell, is the premise of Lee's new novel, which moves back and forth between the mid-1980s and the present day, laying out in vivid, detailed prose the unraveling of a marriage that seems made in heaven but eventually devolves into an emotional hell. But a whole movie's worth of this dour dithering eventually devolves into uncomfortable self-parody. The author has some trouble with the plot: at first the conflict revolves almost entirely around Sarah's destructive friendship with Robin and then (after Robin attempts suicide and virtually disappears from the narrative) devolves into more mundane matters of happiness-with-new-boyfriend found and part-in-big-play won. |
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