Word: damian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rule for Academic Deans. 1. Hide! 2. If they find you, lie!−Father Damian Fandal, University of Dallas...
...Dutiful Daughter, Keneally creates a presumably commonplace family-the Glovers-plunks them down on an isolated outback farm, and pronounces the scene his ninth circle. The story begins with deceptive ordinariness. At holidays, Damian Glover returns home from college to his older sister Barbara and the mysteriously ailing parents to whom she is devoting her life. Keneally's passions, however, are too intense for mere realism. Observing that "absolutely millions of people" are mad with "family pride," he concludes that "the only way for them to get humility is through learning they're-you know-beasts." Accordingly, like...