The “separate peace” of the title refers ... To posterity it offers up a minor curiosity: its portrait of Brinker Hadley, a cunning verbal torturer based on Knowles’ Exeter schoolmate ...

One of the characters, Brinker, was based on Gore Vidal ... “The next thing I know is he has published ‘A Separate Peace,’ in which I play a cameo part as sort of a snoop. . . . Then ...

The U.S. brokered separate deals with Russia and Ukraine, but both countries said it's up to the U.S. to maintain the agreements. Supreme Court sets stage for possible crackdown on nationwide ...