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...graduate of the Delphic, A. Clinton Allen '67said he strongly supports the Fly's decision andhas previously urged Delphic members to admitwomen to the club. "The clubs are part of thefabric of the University and since the Universityis co-ed, the clubs should...

Author: By Olivia F. Gentile, | Title: Fly Places Tradition On Trial at Clubs | 10/1/1993 | See Source »

Presidents of the Porcellian, the Phoenix S.K. and the Delphic clubs yesterday declined to comment on whether their clubs would take similar votes. The presidents of the Spee Club and the A.D. Club did not return telephone calls...

Author: By Melissa Lee, | Title: Fly Club Votes to Admit Women | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

...York Governor Mario Cuomo has also had his past differences with Clinton, causing some to worry that his nominating speech might lack his customary fervor. But the Delphic orator brought all his skills from Albany to Manhattan. His voice full of fury one minute and forgiveness the next, he called out Clinton's name no fewer than 30 times. He evoked the image of a national parade celebrating a victory over problems at home more joyous than the one that followed the gulf war. "So step aside, Mr. Bush!" Cuomo shouted. "You've had your parade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton's Big Bash | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...solutions have often depended on the ability of one partner to look with an outsider's jaundiced eye on the habits and mores of the other's culture. That technique is evident in The Song Dog, the title of which refers to a tribal folkloric figure who speaks in Delphic riddles. Once Kramer formally meets Zondi, halfway through the book -- after assuming he is a Bantu hoodlum, not an undercover cop -- they quickly form a bond. Kramer is not a white of great racial sensitivity, or Zondi a black of great deference. But they respect each other because they keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Apartheid, He Wrote | 8/5/1991 | See Source »

Clubs like the Fox and the Owl have outings to alumni houses at Cape Cod, while clubs like the Delphic, Porcellian and the Fly traditionally have held cocktail parties as their first event...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: Punched Out: How to Get Into a Final Club | 10/24/1990 | See Source »

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