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Engaged. Bertrand Russell, 80, Britain's famed philosophical trustbuster (Unpopular Essays, New Hopes for a Changing World) and thrice-married critic of modern manners & morals ("Most marriages would break up at middle age if it were not for economic considerations"); to Edith Finch, 52, onetime English teacher at Bryn Mawr College, now his secretary; in London...
...Frank H. Finch '53, Chairman of the Kirkland Social Affairs Committee, called Grote's refusal to merge dances "in poor taste and a direct slap at the Interhouse Committee...
...Your Fire. Finch is on his way. He writes memos ("concerned only incidentally with its apparent subject"). "The main object of the memo is to impress the people who read it . . ." Other people's memos may be returned unread with a note: "'Mighty clear exposition...
...Finch learns how to play company politics and win the boss's attention. "There are always two or more factions [e.g., Blank v. Threep] fighting for control," advises Mead. "It is essential to maintain strict neutrality long enough to determine which side is going to win . . . After it is clear that Threep, say, is going down, the humane thing to do is to finish him off as quickly as possible. Attack him freely, and preferably in Blank's presence . . . From this point on, follow Blank loyally. There is nothing like loyalty, as long as your man moves...
...sure-fire way to win the boss's attention is to adopt his own hobbies: " 'Got to hurry home, sir. The little devils are whelping.' 'Whelping, Finch? Don't tell me you're a mongoose man!' 'Are you too, sir? We are a rare breed, aren...