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That's a long wind-up to make a very small point. Were the Final Clubs central to life at Harvard, one could see reason, possibly compelling, for insisting they practice fairness, equity, democracy, non-discrimination, etcetera. But, nowadays, the Clubs need be central to no one's life; it is doubtful they're central to the lives of most who join them. Why, then, is it skin off anyone's nose if they are exclusive, discriminatory, aristocratic, or male chauvinist? Why not live and let live...
...Phoebe --confesses he has written a feature story about her simply in order to see her. She stares at him--"Why!" -another blank "Because I want to marry you." Silence, more stares. "It'll take me a little while to absorb that." A long, lugubrious stare: "Absorbed it yet?" Etcetera, etcetera, ad nauseum...
...next fall when Jill, feeling out of it at Sarah Lawrence, visits him in Miami. Yes, she loses her virginity and suddenly sees the Sheik--who gets his name from the condoms, he proudly informs her--as the not terribly smart, two-bit hustler that he is. Etcetera...
Then came the phenomenal Bob Holly Today the lvy League record book reads like a Bob Holly career summary. Over 500 yards passing against Yale in 1981, with 36 passes completed in that game. A total of 1939 passing yards on the year. A 628 completion percentage overall. Electera, etcetera. He became a shoo-in for All-lvy honors, and everyone forgot about Lockenmeyer...
Susan Sontag, author of "Illness as Metaphor" and "On Photography," will read from her new book, "I, Etcetera," in Science Center A on November 28, at 8 p.m., about a month later than announced...