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...half of the student body rubs me the wrong way, but in the end the same students—male and female—would inhabit them and the same would be excluded. Bee girls might merge with Fly guys, and the Isis could legitimate its bonds with the Delphic. But the change would be nominal. I still wouldn’t fit in—so, selfishly, I’ve never been passionate about extending membership. It is more the blatant and embraced elitism that makes me wince. It is the 50-year-old stewards who serve these...
CORRECTION: The print and original online versions of the Nov. 9, 2005 magazine story "No Longer Knocking" contained an incorrect reference to the Delphic Club. The club's bathroom has a lock, and there is no evidence of an assault occurring there...
Contrast that with the tortured, Delphic utterances that have become legend with Greenspan. His wife, NBC correspondent Andrea Mitchell, has joked that he proposed twice before she understood what he was saying. After tongue-twisting comments by Greenspan to the Economic Club in New York City in 1995, headlines reflected the confusion he had sown. GREENSPAN HINTS FED MAY CUT INTEREST RATES, read the Washington Post. DOUBTS VOICED BY GREENSPAN ON A RATE CUT, said the New York Times. But the Maestro was clear about one thing: "Since becoming a central banker I have learned to mumble with great incoherence...
...According to the e-mails, 30 to 32 of the women will be invited back for a dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the Delphic...
...EVENT 4 (FINAL DINNER): Tuesday, 11/8, Delphic. Dinner will be preceded by an afternoon scavenger hut in Boston involving punches, members, clue cards, limos, etc. Details pending, but block off the afternoon & evening...