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...Harvard fencing teams nabbed one victory but were foiled twice last weekend at the Malkin Athletic Center against Princeton and Fairleigh Dickinson University...
Among those most devoted to stretching the mystery are its two best writers, Britons Peter Dickinson and Ruth Rendell. Each of Dickinson's 16 mysteries has something unique and haunting at its heart, from Sleep and His Brother, set at a clinic for children doomed to compulsive somnolence and early death, to The Poison Oracle, centering on linguistic research among apes at a desert sultanate's laboratory. Perfect Gallows (Pantheon; 234 pages; $16.95) traces the psychic development of a world-class actor who through much of the narrative has barely set foot on a stage, yet feels absolutely certain...
...coolly looks on everything -- from his mother's death during World War II bombing to his own accidental hastening of an aged relative's demise -- as mere material. His outlook could be that of a genius or a schizophrenic or a psychopath. The confluence among those personalities is precisely Dickinson's point and confers most of the book's considerable suspense. Comparisons to Dostoyevsky are not out of order...
...Harvard women's basketball Coach Kathy Delaney Smith has the opportunity not only to dream, but also to see her dreams unfold into reality. Her players presented her with a fifth straight win this past Saturday by defeating a tough Farleigh Dickinson squad at Briggs Athletic Center...
During his time at Harvard, Frese held several newly created posts. In 1968 he became the first Lovett-Learned Professor of Business Administration. Two years later, he filled the Business School's first endowed accounting chair when he was named Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Accounting...