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...translated the works of others, he has translated his own works, and he has seen his own works translated by others. Even in this essay, however, Nabokov exudes a conceited pedantry, inventing some silly translations of names and titles. Gogol's story "The Overcoat," for example, becomes "The Carrick." Memoirs from a Mousehold, rather than Notes from Underground. And the nickname of Prince Stepan Rkadyevich Oblonsky. One cannot help but wonder whether Nabokov is more concerned with shock value than accuracy...
...trim (5 ft. 11 in., 154 Ibs.) and ?yes?unmarried. As if this were not enough to thrill every mother (and every mother's daughter) in the entire United Kingdom, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay, Earl of Chester and Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland, is also heir to the classiest preserve of royal pomp and privilege left on earth: the British throne...
Penn's Bruce Carrick and a Dave Bell goal rounded out the scoring, which concluded with, in addition to Hughes' five-point output, two goals and an equal number of assists for McKenna, and a goal and two assists for Burke...
...Carrick said that random selection of a jury and an appeal board might be awkward, but added, "The proposal could win broad-based support within the community because it doesn't make the CRR a continuous duty...
...Dean Whitlock has definitely not given an endorsement to say particular proposal," Carrick said. "He is still soliciting input from all sides." Whitlock was unavailable for comment on the Adams House resolution yesterday