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Toad found himself seduced, in love, scribbling away in the transports of a new passion. Toad was always a fanatic, of course, an absolutist. He bought the fanciest fountain pen. His word processor went first into a corner, then into a closet with the old IBM.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Scribble, Scribble, Eh, Mr. Toad? | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

Were the results then distorted against divestment? A closer look suggests the opposite. The fact that almost four times as many voted no, Harvard should not divest, as voted no on question two (which The Crimson interprets as saying that the council should not divest) shows that something is very...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Referendum | 2/12/1986 | See Source »

Yale fanatic Nordhaus will sit across the Yale Bowl from his son tomorrow. According to the elder Nordhaus, son Jeffrey '89 is just exhibiting transitory sentiments.

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: 102 Years Later, It Is Not Just Another Football Game | 11/22/1985 | See Source »

The advantage to being a fanatic is that everybody remembers you for your obsession. The disadvantage is that nobody remembers you for much else. Nearly three-quarters of a century after his death, in 1912, Johan August Strindberg looms large in the public consciousness as the theater's greatest misogynist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Obsession Strindberg: a Biographyby Michael Meyer | 10/21/1985 | See Source »

These club crews serve all kinds of rowers--from former Olympians dedicated to maintaining their skills to less proficient but equally fanatic oarsmen who simply want to relive some of the excitement of their college careers.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Alte Achter to the Rude and Smooth | 10/19/1985 | See Source »

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