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...Elvis Alive? (Tudor; 1988) offers evidence to stoke the stories. Fact: on the singer's grave his middle name, Aron, is misspelled as Aaron. Possible conclusion: Elvis Aron Presley is not buried there. The book comes with a tape of a man who sounds like Elvis and offers Delphic hints of his postmortem life and times. If Brewer-Giorgio fails to convince skeptics, she has profitably tapped a rich vein of quasi-religious longing. Millions may sneer along with Doonesbury and David Letterman at news of Presley's sanctified status, but many believe it. A star may have died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The King Is Dead - or Is He? | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

...just a place to hang out," says Peter Y. Lee '88, a member of the Delphic. He says the clubs serve the same role at Harvard as fraternities do at other schools...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Knocking on the Final Clubs' Closed Doors | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...Michael A. Zubrensky, a former member of the Delphic, says some clubs do in fact have "bimbo" parties. "Some clubs invite just the freshman women of neighboring colleges," he says...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Knocking on the Final Clubs' Closed Doors | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...pickup. He recuperates at the farm, mute but helpful. As long as the mysterious man is present, the farmer's fields stay green, while all around them leaves turn the color of fire. Winter comes only when the stranger departs. Every year thereafter, the frosty windows bear a Delphic message, SEE YOU NEXT FALL. Van Allsburg the writer could use an interpreter. Van Allsburg the illustrator is luckier; his paintings have an eloquence of their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Enchantments For | 1/5/1987 | See Source »

...Delphic, A.D., Owl and Porcellian Clubshave all held parties or dinners this term at theHasty Pudding, said Angela L. Padilla '87,president of the Pudding. Harvard purchased theHasty Pudding this summer for $1 million, bailingthe theater out of debt, and the University nowleases the property to the Pudding...

Author: By Julie L. Belcove, | Title: Final Clubs Hold Parties On Harvard-Owned Land | 12/2/1986 | See Source »

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