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...division of labor. Writers were simply known as writers, those eloquent stubborn men who lived alone and produced thousands of pages in a thin, crabbed hand. Words were so valuable, so freighted with nuance and intent, that aphorisms could be written which illustrated the world. Pascal, that ardent custodian of language, would have endorsed Mallarme's notion that "Tout, au monde, existe pour aboutir a un livre." Having discovered that all worldly activity could be dismissed as a diversion designed to evade the actual emptiness of life, he concluded that there was no real reason ever to leave...
Eighteen teams from colleges in the Greater Boston area participated in the season opener which is named for the original custodian of the Wellesley College swimming pool...
...most weighing around 40 Ibs.-have tumbled, dislodged by weed roots or weakened by the vibrations from the 200,000 vehicles that thunder round the Colosseum each day and the subway trains that pass under its foundations at ten-minute intervals. "The Colosseum is not falling down," insisted one custodian last week. "It's just an old, old man who needs medical treatment...
Chicken-or-Egg. The industry is also experimenting with other new marketing techniques. Boston's Keystone Custodian Funds, Inc. has built up a force of 500 salesmen to sell a combined package of mutual-fund shares and life insurance plans. In February, Dreyfus Corp. started a new fund with a scaled-down commission rate that is being sold as a payroll-deduction plan to companies, unions and trade associations. The industry's trade association, the Investment Company Institute, is conducting a $400,000 advertising campaign in newspapers and magazines, designed to convince the public that, for example...
Every critic has his own definition of his function and impact. Says Martha Duffy, of our Books section: "I don't think of myself as a custodian of people's opinions. I'm trying to tell people who are interested in books what's around and what I think of it. I have no illusions about changing people. The person to whom I address myself is anyone who wants to read...