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...duplicate existing Harvard agencies. "I am committed to the idea of utilizing Harvard's resources for all students," she said in an interview last week. "We shouldn't be seriously separatist but should work in the broader community to force and challenge the available sources to work their damnedest for women...
...Reynolds), intercedes on behalf of her honor. This causes all sorts of fraternal tensions during the trek across country, leading to violence, death and a highly unlikely romance. The affair is finally consummated when Jay sweeps the adoring Catherine up in his arms and mutters, "You are the god-damnedest woman I ever met," as he bears her off to bed in the hotel of a deserted mining town...
...Gang is hardly a major addition to Roth's literary output--although I'm sure the House of Random will do its damnedest to make us think otherwise--but it is a most valuable one. For there should be room on the shelves for minor works from major authors. Despite what Mailer would have us believe, to be engage need not be a full time occupation. It's also nice that, in this case, Roth should be the particular example at hand. Those who care to pretend that the seventies are nothing more but the dreadful fifties warmed over need...
Perhaps it was in the spirit of Thomas Morton of Merry Mount that I, at 58, tried my damnedest to have the mayor of Toronto extend an official welcome to a rock festival held here just over a year ago. He chose to reject the young people, as I, of Puritan ancestry...
California polls show Unruh running from 8% to 13% behind Reagan. Should he lose, Unruh plans to accomplish a "change in the system" he knows so well by publishing an exposé. "I'll write," he threatens, "the damnedest book you ever read. I've been in on the deals, through the back doors. I know all about it." But, then, no one has ever doubted Jess Unruh's expertise...