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Donald is currently editing a biography of John Wilkes Booth by William Kaufmann and soon plans to begin his own family history. This marks a departure from most of his previous work because he will have to work from legal documents rather than letters and diaries...

Author: By Marie E. Burks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Book Looks to Lincoln’s Friends | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

...movie’s simple pleasures are easily cancelled out by, quite possibly, the most egregious use of island music in recent cinematic history. As the filmmakers begin to lose any faith in their story, cleavage seems to spill out of every frame. And should there be an appropriate pause for character development, audiences can count on meaningless dialogue to provoke unintended laughs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Reviews | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

That would be the last time until the game was well out of hand that Penn would threaten the Crimson end zone. Both Walker and McDermott—who would enter the game briefly to begin the third quarter—failed to move the ball effectively following that first drive...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FOOTBALL WINS IVY CHAMPIONSHIP | 11/11/2004 | See Source »

...hours, celebrating the return of an old friend and her hubby. He’s a marine and has brought some sailors with him. I’ve never sat next to a sailor. I assume he is conservative and, after a Long Island iced tea, I begin making inappropriate jokes. Something to the effect of “Don’t ask, don’t tell.” The gray matter at that table was already saturated with alcohol before I arrived and after another round of shots I’m serenaded with Happy Birthday...

Author: By William L. Adams, | Title: Twenty-three is the Ugliest Number | 11/10/2004 | See Source »

People (including one of my academic advisors) begin playing spin the cell phone. Two of the girls at the table start making out while the husband of one watches. Someone pours a packet of sugar in my hair. And a second. My cell phone rings. “William, your mother is on the phone.” What timing. I’m tanked and Ma finally remembers to call. She and my father are singing Happy Birthday. They stop and ask me if I’m at a bar. I tell them no and they...

Author: By William L. Adams, | Title: Twenty-three is the Ugliest Number | 11/10/2004 | See Source »

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