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...well. But the novel completes a very American literary project that, for all its various humors, Vidal takes seriously indeed: a fictional history of the U.S. as portrayed through the conduct, mostly bad, of its elected leaders. This best-selling saga started with "Washington, D.C." and continued with "Burr" (1973), "1876" (1976), "Lincoln" (1984), "Empire" (1987) and "Hollywood" (1990). "The Golden Age" wraps up the long story and includes a flash-forward to earlier this year, when Peter Sanford, overweight and 77, visits the Italian villa of his old friend Gore Vidal to tape a television program of shared musings...
...officers take her name, and on Monday morning, her Allston Burr senior tutor gets a copy of the HUPD report, as does Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68. Because of her history of alcohol abuse, the student is placed on probation by the College's Administrative Board...
...Disciplinary matters represent a rather small percentage of the Administrative Board's business," writes John Gerry, Allston Burr senior tutor of Quincy House, in an e-mail message. "Students are fascinated by the disciplinary' aspect of the Administrative Board but do not recognize that most of what we do is routine and rather mundane...
Dunster House Allston Burr Senior Tutor John T. O'Keefe says he will try to uphold both student wishes and public safety...
...according to many, finding the right balance of punishment and lenience in discipline cases is one of the hardest jobs for House leaders--particularly Alston Burr Senior Tutors...