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Louis Winchester Jones, also of Pasadena, worked briefly in a brokerage firm and a bank, then started teaching English at CalTech, where he is now an associate professor, dean of admissions and registrar. Married, two sons. Jones recalls: "The Rabbit rushed thither and yon like a lost child, but dammit, he got things done . . . We kidded him because we others were a bunch of lazy guys sitting around on our duffs, and Stevenson was doing things . . . He took our kidding damn well, and in college you don't kid unless you like a guy . . . The Engineers have a slogan...
...either take me for the village idiot or for one of Harrod's delivery vans." He liked to believe that his life was "centric," though it struck most people as eccentric beyond belief. He would take a bath, step out, and then step in again, shouting angrily: "Dammit, I've been in here already!" He would drop a garter on the floor, plunge after it, find a book there, and lie on the floor, reading...
...Hand Mulloy also had foot faults called against him, but instead of fuming, he flared, "Dammit, I didn't."* Having blown off steam, Mulloy went on to blast a demoralized Savitt off the court in the final...
...dammit. I'm Bill Lederer. Come on in and sit down...
...expenses, symbolically went about switching off lights. To wealthy Portlanders he became a pest. He buttonholed them in the Arlington Club, badgered them with photographs of needy students, demanded contributions to his scholarship fund. He begged from businessmen all over the state. When they gave him their stock answer-"Dammit, Mac, I'll kick in for you, but why do I have to do this for Reed?"-he delivered them a stern lecture on the values of a liberal education...