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...Mandelbaum Gate) Muriel Spark, 45, on the New Year Honors List, naming her to the Order of the British Empire. Nice, but not nearly nice enough, complained the ladies of British letters, who regarded the O.B.E., one step from the bottom of the honors, as a damn with faint praise. Sniped Rebecca West, herself a more lofty Dame Commander of the Order: "I cannot help but think that the persons responsible for recommending the award to Muriel Spark of an O.B.E. must have been actuated by a desire to make me feel embarrassed; and indeed I do." All of which...
EXPOSITORY WRITING reads the neatly lettered sign to the right of the basement door of the Freshman Union. Inside, there is still the jungle of little wire baskets that hold corrected papers, and you can still hear a faint hum, from the Union kitchen. But the program that lives there has changed more than its name this year; Gen Ed A and all the perfunctory drudgery the name implied are rapidly becoming things of the past...
Between the two passes a variety of dialogue that, if the moviegoer squints a little, can be seen to issue from their lips on little cross-stitched samplers, which just sort of hang there on the screen and give off a faint scent of sachet. Holmes: "I wish to see the owner of this doubtful establishment." Watson: "Nothing like a piece of cold steel, eh, Holmes?" Holmes: "Brisk work, Watson!" Brisk work indeed...
...assured Harvard of second place in the Ivy League, with an excellent 6-1 record. If Columbia, presently in third at 4-2, can pull the upset of the year against Brown today, the Crimson will tie for the title. It's a faint hope, but if you've a free minute today, say a little prayer for the Lions...
...Bhumibol while courtiers paled and sucked in their breath. At Chulalongkorn University, where Johnson, wearing a translucent academic gown trimmed with orange and yellow, received a silver-framed honorary Doctor of Political Science degree, the President crossed his legs with one foot pointed at the King; Thai officials felt faint, for the foot is considered the lowliest part of the body...