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Steinbeck earned his first serious acclaim when The Red Pony appeared in the North American Review. But years afterward, critics still regarded him as a newcomer. Alfred Kazin praised him with faint damns: "After a dozen books Stein beck still looks like a distinguished apprentice, and what is so striking in his work is its inconclusiveness, his moving approach to human life and yet his failure to be creative with...
...literary ambitions. Still, they supported him through repeated failures at Stanford, and helped him out with stipends until he was past 30. He needed them; his income for the first period of steady writing was $870, or about $125 a year. Many years later the senior Stein beck confided the reasons for his generosity. Never in his life, he admitted sadly, had he achieved "any of the things he had dreamed of achieving." This, Kiernan reports, "was the reason he had been so tolerant of John's ambition, and in his last years so supportive; he did not want...
...scrounging around New York City for a practice field. His dominant talent and penchant for revenge have driven him from the plush meadows of polo estates. Playing one on one matches with wealthy opponents, writing books about the dangers of horse-back riding, living on a retainer at the beck of rich polo patrons, Fabian has actually earned a living at polo. But he never settles down, he's always after the best polo game, as well as the best of his other two passions--sleep...
...different Harvard squad that took Bill Beck Field yesterday. First-year coach Alex Nahigian's bunt and double-steal oriented philosophy had been waylaid, the hitters were suddenly aggressive throughout the order, and the pitching staff took a giant step toward consistency...
Alevizos became the first Harvard pitcher to make a plate appearance this season and responded with a groundout to short in the ninth. "He embarassed the entire staff," said captain Larry Brown. at Bill Beck Field [URI] HARVARD AB R H BI Kelley 2b 6 2 2 1 Marshall c 3 1 1 1 Wark c 2 0 0 0 Stenhouse rf 4 3 3 1 Coran rf 1 0 0 0 Bingham 1b 4 2 3 3 Knoll ph 1 0 0 0 Alevizos p-ph 1 0 0 0 Peccerillo 1f 3 1 1 1 Scheper...