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Councilman Joel Wachs, who fought a losing battle to build the 18-hole course in his district, said the practical effect is that the city either will have to approve the project or purchase the land from the developers. The result: a huge spike in sales for ``Sand and Water,'' the song and the similarly titled album, Chapman's comeback vehicle after years of tending to her husband as he fought a losing battle against cancer. This, Monk writes, ``was the origin of that chilling detachment of which he was capable in his relations with people close to him, and also of his tendency to form intense and stormy relationships, in which his hopes of overcoming his detachment and of finally making human contact fought a losing battle with his fears that he would once again fail. |
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