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...Pennsylvania teenager said she sent the letter to Harvard on the advice of a teacher. "I went asking around teachers what [Bork's] address was, and one [teacher] said he had been a professor at Harvard," Wisecarver said. Justice Bork was actually a law professor at Yale University before beingappointed to the U.S. Circuit Court in Washington...
...Bork, whose crew cut and casual dress bear noresemblance to the Circuit Court judge's suits andscraggly beard, said he was surprised when theletter arrived at his room because he had neverbeen to Laceyville and had no idea who Wisecarverwas...
...joked with my father about getting mail[meant for Judge Bork], but we agreed that it washighly improbable," said the Lowell Houseresident. He said he had thought about thepossibility of receiving letters intended for "theother guy" 10 years ago, during Nixon'spresidency, but had forgotten about theconservative politician until this summer...
Harvard's Bork, whose political beliefs areliberal, said he plans to write back to Wisecarverand set her straight about his namesake. "I'llwrite back saying I don't think Bork should be onthe court," Bork said...
...political views differ substantially fromthe other guy's," Bork said, adding he hoped hisresponse to the letter would have some effect onthe electoral vote in Pennsylvania...