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...Crooked-straight. This is all a bit Delphic, even coming from someone who is widely acclaimed by his peers--at least for publication--as a visionary. To have a conversation with the man himself is to be instructed in the art of seeing both sides of an equation. He thinks the Internet has been oversold, yet he's visibly excited about his equity interest in the Internet Shopping Network, an online retailer. He claims to despise hype and yet is manifestly adept at its use. He thinks Beavis and Butt-head are, as he once told Rolling Stone, "breathtakingly horrible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DILLER DOING IT HIS WAY | 2/26/1996 | See Source »

Questioning these two gets Lituma nowhere. Adriana's replies are particularly obscure and Delphic: "All these hills are full of enemies. They live inside. Day and night they weave their evil schemes," she tells him. After listening to such divinations, Lituma mordantly imagines the report he might telegraph back to his headquarters about the missing men: "Sacrificed in manner as yet undetermined to placate evil spirits of Andes, stop. Written in lines of hand, witness claims. Case closed, stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: MOUNTAINS OF TROUBLE | 2/12/1996 | See Source »

Graduate board members even spoke of a possible merger with the Delphic, another final club, to help defray costs, members said. D.U. members, however, say the merger is unlikely, citing hesitance on the part of the Delphic. Delphic officials refused to comment...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: D.U. Club Still Closed; No Fall Punch Planned | 10/18/1995 | See Source »

...December, initiates of the Delphic finalclub allegedly posed as Harvard Independentreporters to hold a mock interview and photosession with Walton

Author: By Marcus R. Wohlsen, | Title: Bobbitt Prank On WAC Hits Yard | 1/14/1994 | See Source »

Women Appealing for Change would like to clarify our statement issued before break and printed in The Crimson on January 7. We do not hold the Delphic Club responsible for the incident, which we believe was conveyed by our statement. Had our statement been printed in its entirety, we believe our position would have been clear. We apologize to the Delphic Club for the way our comment, printed last Friday, was received...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRECTION: | 1/10/1994 | See Source »

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