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Neither Athletic Director William J. Cleary '56, who will make the final decision based on a recommendation from the search committee, nor Senior Associate Director of Athletics Patricia Henry could be reached for comment...
Later, at the service station, while I waited for my new tire, I relayed Scott's comment to the owner, a charming old chap with a gray mustache. He told me people used to be much friendlier in Minnesota, but with the influx of people crossing our border in recent years, East and West Coast attitudes had spread and now he wasn't even sure if Minnesota was a place where he wanted to live...
Neither Athletic Director William J. Cleary '56, who will make the final decision based on a recommendation from the search committee, nor Senior Associate Director of Athletics Patricia Henry could be reached for comment...
...Gill's comment on male-contraceptive ads told of the interesting Roman and Israelite custom of swearing by the male genitalia [LETTERS, May 31]. It should be noted, however, that the most common usage of the word testis in Latin texts is as a term for a witness, as in a court case. Thus an etymologist would note that the English word testicle is derived directly from the Roman custom of swearing by the genitals, and that every man carries his own "little witnesses." (And my parents have been wondering what I would do with my degree in classics.) CANDACE...
...ideas. Chief of staff General Anatoli Kvashnin conferred with his aides and Lieutenant General Viktor Zavarzin, Russia's representative to NATO, and sketched out a surprise idea: a fast breakout by Russian troops stationed in Bosnia. Yeltsin was shown the plan, military sources said, and grunted a comment that they construed to be approval. They were probably right: Yeltsin's ability to not leave fingerprints on risky decisions is a legend among his staff...