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Several of the University's first-year expository writing courses use texts by Expos Director Richard Marius. But Marius says he asks Expos teachers not to let him know if they plan to assign either of the books, A Writer's Companion and A Short Guide to Writing About History, in their sections...
...message blaring out of six Houston radio stations was loud and clear. "Look at all those people," says a voice. "Where do they come from?" A companion replies, "It will get worse . . . They want to let in millions more immigrants...
...best quote of the day came from my less well dressed conversation companion upstairs, who, leaning on the balcony rail, had said, "If these people paid more attention to problems right here in Madison, they wouldn't have time for this bullshit...
...favored westerns or cartoons. Come bedtime, there is only one place where he will sleep: on the Kalishes' king-size mattress, snuggled between Mary and Ronald. If reproved, Frank may try to urinate on the offender's foot. Yet, far from feeling hog-tied by their demanding household companion, Mary says of the experience, "I've loved every minute...
Victor Geddes, 33, suffers from leukemia. Abandoning his chemotherapy, he places an ad in the Boston Globe for a companion and caretaker; Hilary Atkinson, 27, applies for the job. Soon these two fall in love and move to the anonymity of a rented room on the Massachusetts coast. There, as winter sets in, they meet Gordon, 30, who becomes Victor's friend and, on the sly, Hilary's lover. The situation is messy, but at least members of the menage can foresee one outcome for certain: Victor will die soon...